The invisible artist Banksy

Banksy (Bristol, 1975) is notorious English street artist, whose work with stencils are easily found on the streets of the city of Bristol, many expressions of Banksy are also found in the British capital, London.


Biography


Born in Bristol, England, Banksy started his career early: At age 14 he was expelled from school and arrested for minor offenses.


His identity is uncertain, does not usually give interviews and made
contravention of a constant in his work, always provocative. It is a artivista declared, and a leading marketer of his work is the creation of small interventions that generate large repercussions. His parents do not know the name of the child:


"They think I'm a painter and decorator," he said. Recently, he switched 500 CDs from the singer Paris Hilton by adulterated copies in stores in London, and put the Disney amusement park, a statue replica of a Guantanamo prisoner.

Works


His works are full of social content clearly exposing a total aversion to the concepts of authority and power.


In paintings and murals make their criticisms, usually social, but also behavioral and policies, aggressively and sarcastically, causing observers in its almost always a sense of consistency and identity. Despite not making cartoons or humorous works, often the first reaction of an observer facing one of his works will be laughing. Spontaneous, involuntary and sincere, and his works.


Off Wall


A large mural by "guerrilla artist" Banksy was covered in ink by employees hired by the city of the British city of Bristol to deal with graffiti.


The artwork, with just over 7 feet long and stood on a wall next to shops in the city, was covered with a thick layer of black ink. The city council of Bristol said he wants the error is investigated and determined the preservation of all Banksy works in the city. In consequence of this mistake, someone scrawled "wot the Banksy?" (Which could be translated as "what, no Banksy?") Over the black ink.


The mural, one of Banksy's early pieces, had a collection of blue shapes with the artist's trademark. Other graffiti it on a railway bridge in the same city. Gary Hopkins, the city council of Bristol, said company officials hired Nordic, had the task of erasing graffiti alongside the work of Banksy, but they cheated and covered up the traces of the artist.


"We'll have to take action against the company, because the city council gave no instructions to remove any work of Banksy. We are aware that it is very valuable and we have specific instructions for any Banksy mural to be removed," he said. The Nordic and the artist remained silent on the subject. Some of the works of Banksy high price among collectors.


In February, a picture of pensioners bowling with bombs sold for the equivalent of nearly $ 200,000, a record for the artist. But the Lazarides gallery in London selling their work, said it would be a mistake to put a value on the former Bristol mural as it might be a temptation for people who could remove it.