hey guys!

i have been getting really into graffiti art lately (not doing it myself, but just observing). some of my friends just got back from berlin and were telling me how popular it is there. i don't know if any of you have heard of Banksy, but i think his story is really tight..... here is a little about him and some pictures of his work. 

tell me what you think!

-chiara

"Banksy started as a freehand graffiti artist 1992–1994 as one of Bristol's DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), writers Kato and Tes. He was inspired by local artists and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene. From the start he used stencils as elements of his freehand pieces, too. By 2000 he had turned to the art of stenciling after realizing how much less time it took to complete a "piece." He claims he changed to stenciling whilst he was hiding from the police under a train carriage, when he noticed the stenciled serial number and employing this technique soon became more widely noticed for his art around Bristol and London. Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. Subjects include rats, monkeys, policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screen prints in commercial galleries. Art auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of its removal in the hands of the winning bidder." (wikipedia)

"Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it." 

— Banksy