Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist,political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine 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.The man many believe to be Banksy, Robin Gunningham, was born on 28 July 1973 and grew up in south Gloucestershire. Gunningham attended Bristol Cathedral School.England.The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s.Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris and Jef Aerosol who sprayed his first street stencil in 1982 in Tours (France), and members of the anarcho-punk band Crass, which maintained a graffiti stencil campaign on the London Tube Stually draw."System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.However Banksy himself stated on his website that in all actuality he based his work on that of 3D from Massive Attack, stating, "No, I copied 3D from Massive Attack.He can actually draw.
Awards:Toronto Film Critics Association Awards,Best First Feature 2010Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary FeatureWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association,Best Documentary Film 2010.
Stencil on the waterline of The Thekla, an entertainment boat in central Bristol (wider view). The image of Death is based on a 19th century etching illustrating the pestilence of The Great Stink.
Naked Man image by Banksy, on the wall of a sexual health clinic in Park Street, Bristol.Following popular support,the City Council has decided it will be allowed to remain (wider view).
i think,, banksy art work is very awesome and i feel,i wants do something at the wall...most the art work like very real and every art work have the own meaning for conveying..
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