Banksy is an English artist and writer, who is totally marking the new pop art. His graffiti of him, made mostly on the walls of the cities where she chooses to perform as a surprise, have become very famous everywhere. However, his is not a ” canonical ” art, also because his figure is still shrouded in mystery. For this reason, to understand something more about Bansky, we list some curiosities about him. Who is Bansky
We know that Banksy was born in Bristol, England, where he was part of a gang, the DryBreadZ Crew. Here, announcing his arrival with a new work for strava, the artist returns regularly. Journalist Craig Williams through a reconstruction, as in a sort of puzzle, has revealed the possible identity of the artist: Robert Del Naja, frontman of the Massive Attack band. This assumption, the journalist, got it by fitting the dates of the concerts of the band with the appearances of works on the walls of the cities. The first appearance
Banksy’s first large mural and The Mild Mild West, painted in 1997 to cover a commercial in the Stokes Croft neighborhood. This depicts a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at three policemen in riot gear, becoming the symbol of the many riots. In 2011, there was even a riot against the opening of a supermarket in the Stokes Croft area, proud of its independent shops not associated with any chain. Banksy has thus created a poster / manifesto of this revolt that she, in 1997, she had almost anticipated. Who is inspired by
Banksy is very inspired by the French street artist Blek Le Rat, father of street art. From him he took up the use of the stencil and the character of the mouse, considered a symbol of his works. Banksy does not paint directly on the walls, but prepares in advance in a studio, using hand-drawn and printed stencils. In the book Wall and Piece, he tells us that working this way allows him to be faster and is the secret of his being elusive to him. Existentialism
Banksy defines himself as an existencilist, taking up the title of his most famous exhibition in Los Angeles. Existencilism is a mix between the words “existentialism” and “stencil”.
His art has as its key points linearity, essentiality, with simple and very recognizable figures. However, this typical trait of the artist is aimed at representing political and social themes, including war, anti-consumerism, anti-fascism, anti-imperialism, anti-authoritarianism, anarchy, nihilism and existentialism. Crimiological investigation
At Queen Mary University in London, criminologists used a sophisticated technique called geographic profiling to identify Banksy. According to these, her identity could be traced back to Robin Gunningham, resident of Bristol. To support this theory there would also be the fact that in his very first debut, he signed Robin Banx. To date, it would in fact be the most plausible theory on Banksy’s identity. The latest of him works
Just yesterday Banksy claimed as his own the black and white mural of a young girl having fun with a hula hoop made from a bicycle tire, which recently appeared on the wall of a Nottingham hairdresser. By posting a photo of the work on her Instagram account , the artist put an end to speculation about her paternity, which had been unleashed since her appearance Tuesday on the red brick wall of this central England town in the borough of Lenton. Local authorities covered the work with clear plastic film to protect it.
Stella Grillo
