Who is Banksy ?
banksy is surely an English street art artist. He is very well known but nobody can identify him and his identity is unknown. He avoids the media and he often acts at night but everywhere without the world in many cities.
Banksy likes to denounce things through his art by doing actions sometimes at the limit of illegality. Like when he printed money in the UK.
Banksy and his international art
- UK :
His best known work is a stencil painting that first appeared in 2002 in London on Waterloo Bridge in South Bank. It depicts a little girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon.
- USA :
"Follow your dream cancelled" made in 2010 in Boston, USA. This work made with a stencil, represents on the right, a painter with a bucket, a brush and two rolls of paper. And the message is strong especially with the word "cancelled" in the middle.
- Palestine :
In July 2005, Banksy, goes to Palestine, in order to protest against the wall of Gaza, he realizes clandestinely nine frescos.
- France :
Banksy has created 3 works dedicated to migrants in Calais, France. The one at the entrance of the "Jungle" represents Steve Jobs. The founder of Apple carries a bundle on his left shoulder and a typical 1980s computer in his right hand. This work is to show the migrants leaving Calais to reach the United Kingdom.
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