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Win a I'm Banksy T-shirt
Send us some feedback on this site, recommendations for content or anything interesting and you will be included in our free prize draw for a I'm Banksy T-shirt as featured on our merchandise page. Just contact us via the contact us page and include the size and colour you would like plus your contact details. New colours will be added to the site in the new year
No Ball Games
No Ball Games is the latest print release by Banksy which again was released by pictures on walls. There were 2 version, a grey background which was released in store and a green background released via online lottery. Each was an edition of 250, with 230 of those available to the public. Feedback on the method of release were mixed but the general concensus was that pow could of given a bit more information. It was unclear as to when emails for the lottery draw winners would be released and the store release was unclear until near to release.
Those wishing to purchase a grey edition had to queue at the pow gallery, with the first 230 being able to purchase a print at £450. This led to queues forming early the day before the relase in sub zero temperatures. Surely there are better ways to do these releases pow? especially as a lot of the buyers instantly stuck them on ebay. Why not do as you did for the vlh release and charge to buy lottery tickets with the money going to charity?
Banksy - Artist or Vandal?
Banksy the self dubbed Art Terrorist from Bristol
has been called both an artist and a vandal, and
many debates have taken place over the question
"Is it Art or vandalism?"
Banksy - Urban Legend?
Banksy Urban legend?, with his
identity shrouded in darkness. There have been
only a handful of photos alledging to be him but
none have been confirmed. Due to the shroud of
secrecy surrounding his real identity and his
subversive character, banksy has achieved a cult
following.
( See our Who
Is Banksy? page )
Banksy Unmasked at last?
Has banksy been unmasked at last?
Reports in national newspapers stated that the
true identity of banksy may of finally been exposed.
There is an uncanny resemblance in the life of
one Robin Gunningham, a public schoolboy from
bristol and the infamous Mr B! See the story for
yourself on the Daily Mail website Here
Banksy Art
Banksy started life as a freehand
street grafitti artist in bristol in the early
80's, he was believed to be a member of the DryBreadZ
Crew. He then went on to stencilling and his work
started appearing in Londons streets as well as
Bristols. He has since covered many different
media including painting, sheep, cows and even
an elephant!. His works
are now very sought after, and owning an original
banksy is now only a dream for most . Many of
the rich and famous including hollywood A-listers
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have bought banksy's
art pushing prices sky high.
"If you have a statue in the city centre
you could go past it every day on your way to
school and never even notice it, right. But
as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its
head, you've made your own sculpture."
—Banksy, in The Independent
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"If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you've made your own sculpture."
—Banksy, in The Independent