Banksy

Banksy is a United Kingdom-based, graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His work involves satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in 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 made up of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls, even going as far as to build physical prop pieces. Banksy’s Stencils are traditionally hand drawn or printed onto sheets of acetate or card, before being cut out by hand. Because of the secretive nature of Banksy's work and identity, it is uncertain what techniques he uses to generate the images in his stencils, though it is assumed he uses computers for some images due to the photocopy nature of much of his work. Banksy has also made films and he made his own film i n 2010 ‘exit through the gift shop’ which documents the life of other graffiti artists along with his work in the urban street art scene.

References

http://www.banksyfilm.com/synopsis.html?reload

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/banksy

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/

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