English artist- Graffiti Identity unknown banksy English artist- Graffiti Identity unknown

banksy DISTINCTIVE TECHINIQUE, USING STENCILS HE HAS CREATED OFTEN HAS A SOCIAL OR POLITICIAL COMMENTARY HE DOES NOT SELL HIS STREET ART PIECES OR REPRODUCTIONS OF IT ART AUCTIONEERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ATTEMPT TO SELL THE STREET ART ON LOCATION, AND LEAVE THE PROBLEM OF IT’S REMOVAL IN THE HANDS OF THE WINNING BIDDER

BANSKY FIRST APPEARS AROUND 1990, USE OF STENCILS BEGINS AROUND 2000 HIS WORK IS SOON NOTICED AROUND ENGLAND WHY WOULD A GRAFFITI ARTIST EMPLOY THE USE OF A STENCIL IN THEIR WORK? BY 2002, HIS WORK HAD REACHED AMERICA AND HE HAD HIS FIRST GALLERY SHOW IN LA CELEBRITIES TAKE NOTICE, CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS AMONG THE FIRST TO BUY HIS WORK SUDDENLY INTEREST IN GRAFFITI/ STREET ARTISTS PEAKS

BANKSY SEVERAL OF HIS PAINTINGS SELL FOR OVER $100,000 THIS LEADS PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR HOMES VANDALIZED BY BANSKY TO TRY AND SELL THEM AS MURALS “WITH A HOUSE ATTACHED” BANKSY’S ARTWORK HAS APPEARED IN PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN DILAPIDATED AREAS SEVERAL IMAGES POPPED UP IN NEW ORLEANS, AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA AND IN DETRIOT, MICHIGAN PEOPLE BEGAN TO DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT TO REMOVE THE GRAFFITI OF A FAMOUS ARTIST

BANKSY 2010, BANKSY CREATES A MOVIE TITLED “EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP” IT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY WHILE BANKSY’S IDENTITY REMAINS UNKNOWN, THERE IS SPECULATION THAT HIS REAL NAME IS ROBIN GUNNINGHAM RUMORS REMAIN THE BANKSY IS A WOMAN, OR THAT BANSKY IS ACTUALLY A TEAM OF SEVERAL ARTISTS