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Banksy chronicled the surprise sale in a video posted to his website noting, "Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each." [ 129 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Two of the canvasses sold at a July 2014 auction for $214,000.
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.
The series was created by Banksy to cheer up the British public during a period of bleak news headlines when "light has often been harder to spot than shade" as reported by The Guardian. [1] Banksy hoped that the "uplifting works cheer people with a moment of unexpected amusement, as well as to gently underline the human capacity for creative ...
Banksy's voice is revealed in a BBC interview aired for the first time in 20 years. The elusive artist's real identity has never been officially revealed but a 2008 interview sheds light on who ...
The anonymous street artist Banksy claimed the mural as his own in an Instagram post on Monday. People looking at Banksy artwork which has been defaced with white paint (Victoria Jones/PA)
Banksy posted this picture on his Facebook page with the comment "Controversial". [18] In July 2017, a Samsung poll of 2,000 people from the United Kingdom asked participants to rank twenty pieces of British art. The poll's results listed Balloon Girl as the people's number one favourite artwork. [19]
In 2014, an American news website claimed Liverpool-based Paul Horner was Banksy, and the following year US-based artist Richard Pfeiffer was linked. Most likely identity One name linked to Banksy ...
Banksy described it as a "family theme park unsuitable for children." [3] The aesthetic of the "bemusement park" was potentially inspired by the "Dismayland" series of paintings created by American artist Jeff Gillette, who also participated in the exhibition. [4] Banksy created ten new works and funded the construction of the exhibition himself.