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The series was created by Banksy to cheer up the British public during a period of bleak news headlines when "light has often been harder to spot than shade" as reported by The Guardian. [1] Banksy hoped that the "uplifting works cheer people with a moment of unexpected amusement, as well as to gently underline the human capacity for creative ...
The following is a list of works by Banksy. Banksy , active since the 1990s, is an England-based graffiti artist , political activist and film director whose real identity is unknown. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.
Slave Labour is a mural that was painted by a British graffiti artist, Banksy, on the side wall of a Poundland store in Wood Green, London in May 2012. The artwork is 48 inches (122 cm) high by 60 inches (152 cm) wide, [ 1 ] and depicts an urchin child at a sewing machine assembling a bunting of Union Jack patches.
Banksy's first known large wall mural was The Mild Mild West painted in 1997 to cover advertising of a former solicitors' office on Stokes Croft in Bristol. It depicts a teddy bear lobbing a Molotov cocktail at three riot police. [40] Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans.
The rhino is part of the artist’s animal-themed series which has shown up all over London
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Stafford taught the young Baker as an apprentice to draw at his studio in Fulham, and he went on to specialize in cartoons, firstly for adults and later for children. Apart from his covers for Funny Folks, in the late 19th century his work appeared regularly in Judge in the US, first under the name Frank Martin, and later signing as J.S. Baker. [2]
Banksy biographer Will Ellsworth-Jones regards "Turf War" as Banksy's "breakthrough" exhibition. [9] [10] Artnet said the exhibition was "one of England's best -- and briefest" of the season. [11] The exhibition, which featured live animals, sparked protests by animal rights group.