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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.
Bombing Middle England is a painting by graffiti artist Banksy. It is made of acrylic and spray paint on canvas, and depicts pensioners bowling with bombs in a manner reminiscent of Cinders McLeod's 1999 drawing Anarchic Granny. [citation needed] In 2007, it fetched £102,000 at Sotheby's, twice its estimated value of £50,000. This marked the ...
Cave art hoax with accompanying exhibit label, hung on a wall in the British Museum, removed after two or three days and subsequently accessioned; in 2005. [1]Two works jetwashed away and a third work, of a boy holding a stereo and a teddy bear, the subject of legal action opposing its ablation by Hackney Council in order "to keep streets clean", in Dalston, London; in 2009.
Campaign to save building home to early Banksy art. Banksy's Girl with Balloon print sells for £80,000. Each time Banksy arrived at the youth club, he was greeted by dozens of eager kids.
In October 2019, a 2009 painting by Banksy entitled "Devolved Parliament", showing Members of Parliament depicted as chimpanzees in the House of Commons, sold at Sotheby's in London for just under £9.9 million. On Instagram, the artist said it was a "record price for a Banksy painting" and "shame I didn't still own it". [178]
The largest touring exhibition of authentic Banksy artworks in the world is coming to Chicago's West Loop this summer. 'The Art of Banksy' exhibit brings 80 rarely-seen works to Chicago's West ...
Commenting on the meaning behind the graffiti, Banksy explained that Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant and that annual seven billion dollars in tax revenue “only exists because they allowed in a young man from Homs.” [16] [2] [17] Although Banksy’s use of public spaces for art is illegal vandalism, the artist creates works that ...
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