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Banksy: Caught In The Act And Unmasked?

londonist.com — New photos purport to show infamous graffiti artist Banksy as he creates a new mural in London. The artist's identity has remained a mystery despite his work fetching thousands of dollars at auction. Could this finally be him?

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  • inactive, on 11/09/2007, -2/+122So we know he's Caucasian and about two and a half feet tall when squatting. SECRETS REVEALED!
  • Cenobite, on 11/09/2007, -3/+120The mystery should remain alive. If his true identity is revealed the "myth" will die just a little.
  • kweeky, on 11/02/2007, -1/+85Buried in the hope he will always remain masked!
  • burley25, on 11/09/2007, -2/+79iIf you happen to read up on Banksy then you will find out that infact he has tens if not hundreds of other graphitti artists that do most of his work for him now, he just comes up with the designs. This guy could just be an "employee" as such.
  • seks03, on 11/02/2007, -4/+37nice! this guys a genius, awesome work Banksy
  • GafferXL, on 11/02/2007, -1/+34Exactly the allure of Banksy's art is that it represents truth, but doesn't hold the artist up to character flaws.

    I'd rather he retain his anonymity.
  • wellyuk, on 11/03/2007, -2/+28No, it's not just you. it does always rain here. The UK has two seasons - winter and july and we didn't even have july this year.
  • 68024, on 11/09/2007, -1/+24In that case it's a good thing Bob isn't called Will.
  • limezor2, on 10/31/2007, -3/+22At any rate, Banksy is one great artist.
  • hendrixlives64, on 10/31/2007, -5/+24buried
    keep him secret!
  • EvaMonkey01, on 11/01/2007, -1/+19Thats not true... we had that half hour of sun back in the spring of 1987.

    Many a school child was frightened that day I can tell you.
  • wetmetalthong, on 10/31/2007, -2/+20this guy doesn't need to be unmasked. if he wants publicity, he'll ask for it.
  • Obligation, on 10/31/2007, -4/+19I always figured he does all of his work at night.
  • WindJackal, on 10/31/2007, -2/+16Police aren't that common in some places, you could spend a few weeks without seeing a sing police car where I used to live.
  • walkar, on 10/31/2007, -0/+14There's a video on his site where he walks up to a blank billboard on the street, sprays a sentence (something along the lines of THE JOY OF NOT BUYING ANYTHING), and walks off. Plenty of people saw him and just walked by, glancing over their shoulders at him.
    Interesting fellow, Banksy.
  • Urusai, on 11/01/2007, -0/+14I've seen plenty of British shows, and there is never any sun. Oh, once I think I saw some sun on a Dr. Who episode, but that was probably special effects.
  • Tyorant, on 10/31/2007, -1/+14He revealed his face in his book about 2 years ago.
    It was great, the first picture had him standing in the shot holding a blurred/pixaled image of his own face infront of his real face, then at the back of the book there was the same shot however he was just holding the image to one side to reveal his cheeky grinning self.
  • qualish, on 11/01/2007, -1/+13I'm not sure Jesus will respond to that question.
  • SkippyDoorknob, on 11/05/2007, -2/+13It's the dread pirate Roberts!
  • Systembomber, on 10/31/2007, -0/+10Well, actually, if you go to his website, say for example, these two pictures:
    http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes ... and http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes ...
    You can see infact, that he does use his name in his pieces of work.
  • tw0k1ngs, on 10/31/2007, -1/+11Do not pay attention to the man behind the curtain!
  • wellyuk, on 11/03/2007, -5/+14What the ***** did I get dugg down for? Jesus.. who are these *****.
  • manicallday, on 10/31/2007, -0/+9Actually, I have his last book and he described that he was able to do one piece in broad daylight because the cops wear visors and the piece was just too high to see.
  • MattnJax, on 10/31/2007, -8/+16Could be him. The guy creates some cool stuff.
  • piradians, on 11/01/2007, -3/+11I thought he was already "unmasked" 3 years ago: http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/20 ...
  • treed, on 10/31/2007, -1/+8I am Banksy!
  • futzy99, on 10/31/2007, -0/+7Graffiti is not just writing your name, Banksy's works count too.

    Graffiti is any image or drawing on something that you do not own. Drawing a penis on a bathroom wall is as much graffiti as some giant tag by an all-city tagger.

    ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti )
  • Weather, on 10/31/2007, -2/+8Nancy Drew where are you?!
  • RVSTY, on 11/09/2007, -2/+8These pics show more than one artist painting. Also, if we are to assume that Banksy is the guy squatting in front of the wall in the second photo, then it seems he left a self-portrait of himself in the third photo, unmasking himself.
  • hybridcreation, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6Link?
  • hybridcreation, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6It would die completely.

    Let the guy continue to work in anonymity.
  • 68024, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6In that case, logic determines that YOU must be banksy! (seeing as you would be the only one who unequivocally knows)
  • inactive, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5we had july, it was in april though.
  • Typhoon2009, on 11/09/2007, -3/+8Wait, how the hell do the cops not find him? What the hell do they think is going on behind those curtains?
  • naonao, on 10/31/2007, -1/+6Banksy should remain as he always has been. A mystery. And I doubt he would be careless like this after keeping his identity secret for so long.
  • bays, on 11/01/2007, -0/+5give me a stark poo-brown wall any day of the week am i right fella
  • inactive, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5Must be nice. Especially if even when you do run into a cop, he's British.
  • automidnight, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4Well it's not about who can do it... it's about who does. Stencil artists are not 'failed graffiti artists' execution is half the battle.
  • keeperofkeys, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4I am Banksy, and so is my wife.
  • MarkOfTheDead, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4Sounds like project mayh.....uhhhh.....

    This......thing I've heard about.........that's.......not important....
  • ghettodev, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Yah bury him fast. London police will never discover valuable clues from some obscure news organization like the ***** BBC but the big red Digg Alarm 5000 will go off at MI5 any second now. Idiot.
  • rkzda, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4Is this Chloe afraid to walk up and snap a good pic, or use the zoom? Come on.
  • flink405, on 10/31/2007, -5/+9Someone told me banksy is actually several different people....group of artists. Heard they are three guys - Bob Anderson, Nathan King and Sid Youngstown (take their initials).
  • EvaMonkey01, on 10/31/2007, -2/+6...go on then, let's see it.
  • ZentraediElite, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5As sly as he is, I highly doubt it's really him.
  • funkytaco, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5http://www.banksy.co.uk/
  • hybridcreation, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4Yep...pretty vague unmasking, I would say. :D
  • ubergeek09, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4I do hope he doesn't get arrested, but these pictures don't really give you a good picture of what he looks like, so he doubt he will. He is crazy good, does some insane stuff, even if it is illegal.
  • Cydril, on 10/31/2007, -7/+11buried, let him be anonymous!
  • gtapro92, on 11/03/2007, -7/+10is it just me or is it always raining in england, even when i was there
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