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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.
On 5 June 2017 the Avon and Somerset Constabulary announced it had opened an investigation into Banksy for the suspected corrupt practice of bribery, [254] and the following day Banksy withdrew the offer stating "I have been warned by the Electoral Commission that the free print offer will invalidate the election result. So I regret to announce ...
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.
Girl with Balloon (also, Balloon Girl or Girl and Balloon) is a series of stencil murals around London by the graffiti artist Banksy, started in 2002.They depict a young girl with her hand extended toward a red heart-shaped balloon carried away by the wind.
Kissing Coppers is an example of stencil graffiti, which is a quick method for erecting images onto large surfaces, which for Banksy is necessary to keep his anonymity. [8] Due to the speed and ease of stencil graffiti, it is typically the message rather than the critical artistic design components that are most significant to the work. [ 8 ]
Banksy, whose real identity is unknown, is famous for outdoor graffiti, including on Israel's barrier at the West Bank and Disneyland where he painted a life-size figure of a Guantanamo Bay detainee.
Flower Thrower was released as a screenprint edition of 150 signed versions and 600 unsigned versions by the publisher's Pictures on Walls in 2003. The work features the motif of the masked man set on a red background.
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.