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Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war , anti-capitalist , or anti-establishment . Subjects often include rats, apes , policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly.
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.
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 ...
Here, Banksy helped groups of teens in art classes, just as he was about to paint his famous Mild, Mild West mural. "If you look at the photos, you can see the way he was working with the young ...
In 2022, seven murals of solidarity were created by Banksy around wartorn Ukraine, including a gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble, a judo competition, a woman with a gas mask, and an old man ...
British artist Banksy just opened his latest show that lets you experience a theme park unsuitable for small children. So far this is the biggest of all the artist's projects and great secrecy was ...
Corrupted Oil - Jerry, also called Crude Oil Jerry, [1] is a 2003 artwork by graffiti artist Banksy, using stencil of a cartoon mouse character Jerry on an oil painting. [2] It was valued by English antiques expert and television presenter Jonty Hearnden at £150,000 in 2014, which was a rise in value of 30 times what the owner originally paid. [3]
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