How to Make Millions with Spraycan and Stencil... Following Banksy!

Banksy is a nearly anonymous, but nevertheless very famous English graffiti artist. Wikipedia says "his artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics." His work, born out of the Bristol underground scene appeared in cities around the world. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screenprints in commercial galleries. Art auctioneers already tried to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of its removal in the hands of the winning bidder.

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Two New Banksy Graffiti Artworks Appear in London

Banksy does not appear to have been very active on the streets recently, so there was anticipation and excitement on the net when two new works were spotted last night.

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Urban Graffiti as Art: Banksy

The work of the British urban guerrilla artist known only as Banksy. To many the sight of an urban wall scrawled with graffiti is an eyesore and depressing. It purports a careless society. It reminds us of vandalism and thugs on the streets.But what if the graffiti was intelligent art, thought provoking art or just plain funny? Such is the work of the British urban guerrilla artist known only as Banksy. Banksy is thought to have first appeared in Bristol, his works are usually of layered stencil .One of his commonest images is of rats.Sometimes by adding them to an existing notice or object, what is plain and uninteresting becomes amusing...

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Banksy in Bethlehem: Art and the Barrier Between Two Nations

Banksy visit to the West Bank brought up a string of controversy, on both sides. His art, however, remains appropriately controversial and intriguing. His art always makes a not-so-subtle social statement. His rats, perhaps, representing the "rat race" of modern society. To any graffiti artist, an unadorned wall takes on the temptation of an artist's easel. When Israel built the controversial 436 mile long security barrier to separate itself from the Palestinian Authority controlled areas, they might as well have sent out an invitation to Banksy at the same time! He is quoted by The Mail Online as saying: "The segregation wall is a disgrace...The possibility I find exciting is that you could turn the world's most invasive and degrading structure into the world's longest gallery of free speech and bad art."

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Banksy Storms New Orleans: Banksy vs. the Grey Ghost

"I came to New Orleans to do battle with the Gray Ghost." On August 28th 2008, the day before the third anniversary of the storm, the controversial British, urban guerilla graffiti artist Banksy travelled to New Orleans. His plan: to hit the place fast and have his easily recognizable stencil based works in place to commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

"Three years after Katrina I wanted to highlight the state of the clean up operation. I looked out the window of the taxi on the drive into New Orleans and remarked there's still so much devastation I can't believe they haven't cleaned this mess up", to which the driver stared at me and said: "This part of the city wasn't affected by the hurricane - it's always looked like this."

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Banksy Punked Paris Hilton: Cunning Stunts

"You could stick all my shit in Tate Modern and have an opening with Tony Blair and Kate Moss on Rollerblades handing out vol-au-vents, and it wouldn't be as exciting as when you go out and you paint something big where you shouldn't do." - Banksy.

Banksy is an anonymous graffiti artist from the UK whose work has become world famous and his studio works now command enormous prices in auction. His stencil and spray-paint works first started to appear on the walls of buildings in and around Bristol and London in the early 90s. Soon they spread to other areas of the UK. The mainly positive reaction that he got to his work must have encouraged him to go further afield. Most famously, marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and, even more audaciously, on the Dividing Wall in Bethlehem. However, if you are making humorous or serious, social and political statements then there are other places to make them besides walls and studios, and Banksy's been there. Urban graffiti artist? Maybe it should be more "Mission Impossible" artist with some of the stunts Banksy has pulled over the last few years...

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How to Make Millions with Spraycan and Stencil

The studio work.The "urban graffiti" artist known only as Banksy is renowned for his street art. With his recognisable stencils and slogans adorning the walls of public buildings, his works are known for their humour and social and political comment. There is however another side to Banksy: that of the studio artist.The stencils are still a favoured medium, and several are recognisable as those used in some of his outdoor work......

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Urban Graffiti Artist Banksy Opens a Pet Shop

When I heard that the controversial Banksy had opened a pet shop, I just couldn't believe it. Was there going to be some guy in a ski mask selling rats and cuddly rabbits, or was he just cutting the ribbon at an opening ceremony and would his anonymous cover be blown? I needn't have worried. It turned out to be his first official exhibition in New York, at "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, in Manhattan". The well known Graffiti artist who now sells his studio works for hundreds of thousands of dollars, to people such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Dennis Hopper, described the fake pet shop as being about "our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming".

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Banksy Gunrat Will Double Value of British Pub

Prospective buyers of a derelict Liverpool pub could be laughing all the way to the Banksy. The derelict Liverpool pub The Whitehouse is on the market for £495,000, but with Banksy's largest work, of a gun toting rat on the wall it is estimated to be worth around £1 million (approx $2m U.S).

Jonathan Owen, commercial sales director at Sutton Kersh, acting on behalf of the owners Frenson, is reported, as saying: "The asking price is for a vacant city centre building and land... and does not include any added value that may be attributed to the authenticated Banksy artwork." He added that they had been inundated with offers from art dealers.

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