Case Study: Banksy
Meg Charnaud 3A Visual Art 2014
BANKSY !
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“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.” !
-Robin Gunningham-!
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Banksy started anonymously covering the walls ,or commonly reffered to as “bombing the walls” of Bristol, London around 1974 with his empowering street art. As an artist he started with free hand graffiti and now uses enticing stencil pieces to create his art.
Throughout most of his life his famous identity was yet to be known. Through high demand in desire to put a name to the artistic works of striking political and social commentary the investigations began. As this search started he has been highly investigated in correlation to the individual Robin Gunningham who began to arise of high interest as further information was being matched with his life perfectly to the now details of Banksy’s life.!
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His career as an artist began in the early 1990s in a graffiti gang the “DryBreadz Crew” that covered the walls of Bristol and London. This group consisted of other well known street artist under the names of Nic Walker, Inkie and 3D, it was at this time where he met a local photographer that began selling Banksy’s work and later become his highly distinguished agent. His work consisted of freehand designs and on occasion he experimented with stencils. A few years into working as an artist he became more dependent on stencils as they reduce his working time and the chance of being caught by police. In his book “Wall and Piece” Banksy recounts a experience where he was painting late at night on the side of a passenger train when British Police arrived his friends made it to a car and left the scene. He unfortunately didn 't and spent more than an hour hiding under a dumper truck having engine all leak all over him. Banksy said his interest and experimentation with stencils arose from this experience, he recalls that as he was hiding listening to the cops on the tracks, he realized that in order to continue successfully
BANKSY !
!
“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.” !
-Robin Gunningham-!
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!
Banksy started anonymously covering the walls ,or commonly reffered to as “bombing the walls” of Bristol, London around 1974 with his empowering street art. As an artist he started with free hand graffiti and now uses enticing stencil pieces to create his art.
Throughout most of his life his famous identity was yet to be known. Through high demand in desire to put a name to the artistic works of striking political and social commentary the investigations began. As this search started he has been highly investigated in correlation to the individual Robin Gunningham who began to arise of high interest as further information was being matched with his life perfectly to the now details of Banksy’s life.!
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His career as an artist began in the early 1990s in a graffiti gang the “DryBreadz Crew” that covered the walls of Bristol and London. This group consisted of other well known street artist under the names of Nic Walker, Inkie and 3D, it was at this time where he met a local photographer that began selling Banksy’s work and later become his highly distinguished agent. His work consisted of freehand designs and on occasion he experimented with stencils. A few years into working as an artist he became more dependent on stencils as they reduce his working time and the chance of being caught by police. In his book “Wall and Piece” Banksy recounts a experience where he was painting late at night on the side of a passenger train when British Police arrived his friends made it to a car and left the scene. He unfortunately didn 't and spent more than an hour hiding under a dumper truck having engine all leak all over him. Banksy said his interest and experimentation with stencils arose from this experience, he recalls that as he was hiding listening to the cops on the tracks, he realized that in order to continue successfully
Bibliography: Banksy “Wall and Piece” (Century, 2005) - Auto Biography ! !