Banksy (born 1975) is a graffiti artist of great popularity from Bristol, UK. His stencils have become popular throughout London and appear around the world, although he carefully manages to keep his real name from the mainstream media (although many newspapers assert that it is Robert Banks). 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Graffiti is a type of deliberately inscribed marking made by humans on surfaces, both private and public. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... a political stencil by Josh McPhee A stencil is a letter, number, cartoon, typographical symbol, illustration, or any other shape or image in cut-out form (it can be cut out of paper, cardboard, metal or other material). ... St. ...

Banksys Anarquist Rat.

Banksy is widely considered to be a talented artist; he uses his original street art form to promote alternative aspects of politics from those promoted by the mainstream media. In doing so he helps provide a voice for the urban unheard, in a manner which improves the quality of their surroundings, and to which they can easily relate. This political purpose behind the so-called "Criminal Damage" is reminiscent of the Ad Jammers or subvertising movement, who deface corporate advertising to change the intended message and hijack the advert. Banksy does, however, also do paid work for charities (e.g., Greenpeace) and corporations like PUMA and MTV, as well as demanding up to £25,000 for canvases. This has led to his being accused of being a sellout and a careerist by other artists and activists. Image File history File links Banksy Anarchist Rat Upload from en. ... Image File history File links Banksy Anarchist Rat Upload from en. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A street is a public strip of land adjoining buildings in a town or urban environment. ... Resources Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Art-Atlas. ... Culture jamming is the act of using existing mass media to comment on those very media themselves, using the original mediums communication method. ... A subvertisement based on the Coca-Cola logo Subvertising refers to the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make a statement. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Crimes | Terrorism | IT ... Greenpeace protest in Brasília (Brazil). ... Puma Logo PUMA AG is a large Germany-based multinational company that produces shoes and other sportswear. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Selling out is a common slang phrase. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ...

Photo of "Banksy" art taken by Matt Whitby in Brick Lane, East End. 2004.

In 2004 the Space Hijackers gave out spoof vouchers outside a Banksy exhibition to highlight the artist's ironic use of anti-capitalist and protest imagery while doing work for corporations and art galleries. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Brick Lane is a street in the East End of London, site of a Sunday market, heart of the citys Bengali community, former heart of the citys Jewish community, and before that, of its Huguenot community. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Space Hijackers define themselves as an international band of anarchitects who battle to save our streets, towns and cities from the evils of Urban Planners, Architects, Multinationals and other hoodlums. ... Anti-capitalism is any and all opposition to capitalism. ... 2003 GMO USDA protest Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favour, more often opposed. ...

Another of Banksy's tricks involved hanging a piece of his own Art in London's Tate Modern, and as of March 2005, the New York Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the American Museum of Natural History. In May 2005 Bansky's version of primitive cave painting depicting a human figure hunting wildlife while pushing a shopping cart was found hanging in the British Museum. Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral (note the rebuilt Globe Theatre in white to the left) Olafur Eliassons The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern Tate Modern is Britains new national museum of modern art in London and... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... General Electric GE90-115B fanblade, on display at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... Crowds daily gather on the steps in front of the neoclassical façade The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York. ... The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York, is the second largest art museum in the City and one of the largest in the United States. ... The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ... Cave or rock paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds largest and most important museums of ancient history. ...

Banksy has also self-published several books that contain photos of his work in various countries as well as some of his canvas work and exhibitions, accompanied by his own subversive and often witty writings. His first book, published in black and white, is Banging your head against a brick wall followed by the full color Existencilism. In 2004 he published his third book, Cut it Out. Self-publishing is the publishing of books or other media by those who have written them. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White. ...

A common technique in Banksy's art is to play on the perspective and edges of the item on which he is stencilling. Examples include trapdoors criminal rats photo opportunities and peeing soldiers.

External links

• Banksy's website
• Gallery of Banksy's work: [1], [2], [3], [4]
• Banksy Hits New York's Most Famous Museums (All of them)