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Banksy

Graffiti artist, political activist and painter

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Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.^[2] Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world.^[3] His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.^[4] Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.^[5]

Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. He no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall on which they

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Banksy

Banksy
Banksy art in Bristol Green, London, 2004
Born	28 July 1973 or 1974 (age 50/51) Bristol, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Graffiti Street art Bristol underground scene Sculpture Social commentary
Awards	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards – Best First Feature 2010 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature

Banksy is a British street and graffiti artist. He likes to remain anonymous and not let people know his true identity. He often draws in high visibility public places such as on buildings or train stations. His paintings are often about politics, war and other important topics.

His satiricalstreet art and mind-hurting pictures combine dark humour with graffiti. The graffiti is done with a stencilling technique. Such works have been done on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.^[1]

Banksy's work started in the Bristolunderground scene, which had collaborations between artists and musicians.^[2] According to graphic designer Tristan Manco and the b

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Who is Banksy? A guide to the street artist, printmaker and anti-establishment provocateur

Banksy’s stencils are among the most iconic — and iconoclastic — images in street art. Specialist James Baskerville guides us through the elusive artist’s body of work, illustrated with lots offered at Christie’s

Banksy, Pulp Fiction. Screenprint in colours, 2004, on wove paper, numbered 22/600 in pencil (there was also a signed edition of 150), published by Pictures on Walls, London. Image 419 x 628 mm. Sheet 485 x 695 mm. Sold for £35,280 on 1 October 2024 at Christie’s Online

In July 2019, anonymous graffiti artist Banksy was voted Britain’s favourite artist, beating John Constable, J.M.W. Turner and L.S. Lowry to the title.

Although his identity remains a mystery, Banksy’s provocative stencils are among the most iconic and controversial images in street art. He first sprayed — or ‘bombed’ — the walls of Bristol in the south-west of England in the early 1990s, but his fame soared after he moved to London in