(Herunterladen) Banksy Graffiti

Banksy anonymous british graffiti artist known for his antiauthoritarian art often done in public places.

Banksy graffiti. The bristol born artist s work is often daring eye catching and provocative making him perhaps the most well known street artist around. Philanthropist anti war and revolutionary the artist uses his art as a medium for communication to say loud and clear his dissatisfaction with certain social phenomena certain political situations or outright certain decisions adopted by world leaders. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humor with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy is an anonymous england based street artist vandal political activist and film director active since the 1990s. To some his works of art are poignant thought provoking ironic and humorous. To others it is just plain vandalism.

Banksy began his career as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s in bristol s graffiti gang drybreadz crew. When time magazine selected the british artist banksy graffiti master painter activist filmmaker and all purpose provocateur for its list of the world s 100 most influential people in 2010 he. Banksy began his graffiti art lifestyle by admiring the works of blek le rat and often recycling his old ideas. Initially he hung around a graffiti crew in bristol by the name of drybreadz crew or dbz. With wry wit and stealth banksy merged graffiti art with installation and performance. He began using stencils in 2000 and developed a distinct iconography of recognizable images such as rats and policemen. Although his early work was largely freehand banksy used stencils on occasion.

Banksy is without doubt the world s most famous and celebrated graffiti artist. From iconic political graffiti to outlandish million pound stunts banksy has become an international street art legend.