weburbanist.com — Banksy is probably the most popular, yet most mysterious, urban street artist in the world - and he works at incredible extremes. He has become an internationally known as a subversive graffiti artist - yet manages to maintain a secret identity.
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fribheyDec 20, 2007
what you stumbled into IS NOT an official Banksy show. it's just a bunch of galleries who got together to put on a show of their banksy pieces to sell
Closed AccountDec 20, 2007
I guess it doesn't matter. I always thought the point to his anonymity is to show regular people that one person can accomplish great things. When you see a celebrity in real life you know their story and label them as a special person, but when you don't know anything about them or what they look like then that person can be anybody.
burketthumorDec 20, 2007
Great read. Great video.
noeljohnhowardDec 20, 2007
i saw an exhibit he had in Chelsea a month ago. He pretty much just did his stencils on canvas and sold it for six digits. and a lot of his work is just warhol ripoffs. He is a great graff artist but it does feel like he selling out when he's selling non original work (because it's just stenciled on) for hundreds of thousands of dollars. the real idiots are the people that buy it though
fribheyDec 20, 2007
because there are photos and video of him doing his work wearing a mask.... and because he was interviewed in swindle magazine which is owned by a good friend of his, Shepard Fairey, who is the person who started the entire OBEY/Andre has a posse campaign.he's a guy.
gbarberiDec 20, 2007
Thank you... there being photos and videos of him doing his work is enough. I was a little hesitant to believe the people around him, even good friends. A person goes to great lengths to conceal their identity - I didn't think there would be any vids or pics of him.
amigiacDec 21, 2007
Borf is a tagger, nothing more. Banksy makes people think about his art.
vhaeosDec 24, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt_%28Atlas_Shrugged%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt_%28Atlas_Sh ...</a>If you're serious.