Urban Graffiti as Art: Banksy

The work of the British urban guerrilla artist known only as Banksy.

To many the sight of an urban wall scrawled with graffiti is an eyesore and depressing. It purports a careless society. It reminds us of vandalism and thugs on the streets.But what if the graffiti was intelligent art, thought provoking art or just plain funny? Such is the work of the British urban guerrilla artist known only as Banksy.
Banksy is thought to have first appeared in Bristol, his works are usually of layered stencil .One of his commonest images is of rats.Sometimes by adding them to an existing notice or object, what is plain and uninteresting becomes amusing.......

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Banksy Storms New Orleans: Banksy vs. the Grey Ghost

"I came to New Orleans to do battle with the Gray Ghost."

On August 28th 2008, the day before the third anniversary of the storm, the controversial British, urban guerilla graffiti artist Banksy travelled to New Orleans.

His plan: to hit the place fast and have his easily recognizable stencil based works in place to commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
“Three years after Katrina I wanted to highlight the state of the clean up operation.

I looked out the window of the taxi on the drive into New Orleans and remarked “There’s still so much devastation I can’t believe they haven’t cleaned this mess up”, to which the driver
stared at me and said “This part of the city wasn’t affected by the hurricane-it’s always looked like this.””....

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Banksy: How to Make Millions with Spraycan and Stencil

The studio work.

The “urban graffiti” artist known only as Banksy is renowned for his street art. With his recognisable stencils and slogans adorning the walls of public buildings, his works are known for their humour and social and political comment.
There is however another side to Banksy: that of the studio artist.

The stencils are still a favoured medium, and several are recognisable as those used in some of his outdoor work......

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