1. BANSKY
Birth: unknown, but maybe 1974
Lives in England, still alive

2. Bansky uses stencils to do street graffiti of political and social commentary.

3. Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls, even going as far as to build physical prop pieces. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti directly himself; however, art auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of its removal in the hands of the winning bidder.[8] 

4. He began using stencils because he could get more art made in a short amount of time.

5. His messages are usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti- establishment. Subjects often include rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly.

7. In 2004, Banksy made a quantity of spoof British £10 notes substituting the picture of the Queen's head with Diana, Princess of Wales's head and changing the text "Bank of England" to "Banksy of England." 

8. These bills have sold on ebay for £200 each.

9. In 2006, Bansky held an exhibit called “elephant in the room”
In 2006, Bansky held an exhibit called “elephant in the room”. He had a live painted elephant in the room

10. a set of Kate Moss paintings sold in Sotheby's London for £50,400, setting an auction record for Banksy's work

12. A woman gets an eyeful of street artist Banksy's handiwork in Williamsburg (left), before the building owner installed a metal gate (right) to protect the painting to protect it from vandals. Oct
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In Brooklyn, a fight broke out when a hooded man began to spray over one Banksy painting, of two geishas crossing a bridge. Other works have been defaced by rivals, while one was covered with a cardboard box by youngsters, who then charged passers-by $5 to view it.

13. No more murals, Bloomberg tells Banksy
Mr Bloomberg said graffiti ''does ruin people's property'' and was ''a sign of decay and lost control'' om/the-colbert-report- videos/429573/october /banksy-s-new-york- reign-of-terror

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The message of commercialism, capitalism and the mechanics of the art market was the point here, and he made it strikingly well.