THE BEST OF BANKSY STREET ART AND CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT HIM

The last of the works that we want to comment on is Stop and Search. This was also painted on one of his trips to Palestine, specifically in Bethlehem in 2007. Through this work, Banksy reflects on what it would be like if the roles were reversed, showing how a girl puts a soldier against the wall to register it. It is important to note that this work is located in a place where there is permanent tension between Arabs and Jews.

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WHO IS BANKSY? A SUBJECT OF SPECULATION

The big question is: Who is Banksy? Banksy is the pseudonym by which one of the best street art artists is known today and although there is no specific information about him or his biography, it is believed that the artist was born in Bristol in 1974.

Banksy has become one of the most renowned artists in the world. As a result of his anonymity, he has also become one of the most mysterious artists that generate great curiosity. As a consequence of his anonymous personality, there has been much speculation about his life and his beginnings as an artist.

The only interview Banksy gave was in 2003, and it is the only confirmed meeting with a journalist. Specifically, he was interviewed by Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian, and despite the fact that it was an interview, the journalist did not provide much information about the artist since he only limited himself to defining him as: “a tall white man, less than 30 years old, dressed in a very casual way, with jeans and a T-shirt and a silver chain and earring ”

WHEN DOES HIS WORK START?

Banksy began his career in the art world by painting rats through all the streets of Bristol, through this drawing and like many others of his works he intended to criticize the system. In this way, and from the beginning, Banksy’s works have always aimed to seek social and moral criticism through irony and satire. To do this, he uses writing, the stencil technique, and graffiti.

Although he began to develop his work in the streets of England, thanks to a graffiti artist named 3D who had lived in New York, it is considered that his great reference was a French author known as Blek le Rat, a graffiti artist who filled the streets of Paris with his works in the 80s.

Thanks to le Rat, Banksy was able to perfect his technique since he began to use the stencil and the spray paint to be able to create his works and thus express his criticisms and complaints.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND BANKSY’S ARTWORK?

Throughout his career as an artist, Banksy has been creating works in many parts of the world, although it is believed that the place where more works can be found is England, specifically London, and the surroundings of Regent Park and Camden Town.