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Banksy


Born
The United Kingdom
Website

Genre
Arts & Photography, Politics, Art

Influences
Blek le Rat


Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.

His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.

Banksy's work was born out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. According to author and graphic designer Tristan Manco and the book Home Sweet Home, Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 241,625 ratings · 1,238 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors
Wall and Piece
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Existencilism
4.07 avg rating — 1,167 ratings — published 2002
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Banging Your Head Against a...
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4.04 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Cut It Out
4.05 avg rating — 887 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
4.09 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 2011
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Pictures of Walls
3.99 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Banksy Balloon Girl
4.10 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2011
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Existstencilism, Vol. 2: Bl...
4.01 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2002
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Cut & Run: 25 Years Card La...
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Banksy 2016
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Quotes by Banksy  (?)
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“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”
― Banksy
tags: death-and-dying, oblivion
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“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
― Banksy
tags: art, truth
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“Your mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid.
You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation
at high speed with total clarity.”
― Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
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Polls

is graffiti an art form?

HELL YES!Banksy
 
  2 votes, 66.7%

I know nothing at all
 
  1 vote, 33.3%

I'm a naziMein Kampf
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

i suck at everything
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

3 total votes
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