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And so the world media thinks it has ‘unmasked’ the elusive Banksy once again. The UK’s Daily Mail has published a pic of an individual they believe to be Banksy.
The photo has been in circulation for a while, but it isn’t the only one Banksy. The photo first appeared in The Evening Standard Newspaper in 2004, and was supposedly taken by a Jamaican photographer named Peter Dean Rickards when banksy flew to Kingston to work on a project.
Anyway, we’ve collated a bunch of Banksy Unmasked pics (after the jump).
You be the judge…
More Banksy ‘Unmasked’ articles
Underground artist Banksy unmasked by British newspaper
Banksy: Caught In The Act And Unmasked
Banksy Unmasked? A Graffiti Mystery
Banksy Unmasked (Again?)
Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked … as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia
Banksy Unmasked
The artist formerly known as Banksy
No wonder Melbourne is the street-art capital of the world when there is such amazing work on offer. Some of Meggs’ latest offerings have blown me away and the stuff along Hosier Lane is a real treat to see. Do check it out for yourself, it looks a helluva lot more impressive when you’re standing right in front of this kick ass art.
There’s a new Shepard Fairey book about to hit the stands… entitled ‘The Philosophy of Obey’ the book comes in three versions. Comprehensive, Volume I, Volume II.
“The Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant) is one of the fundamental texts of 21st Century aesthetics - short, bold, candid, puzzling and remarkable in its power to stir the imagination of philosophers and artists alike.”
Arguably one of the most compelling works of philosophy and art written in the twentieth-first century, Philosophy of Obey is the only artistic — philosophical work that Obey has published during its campaign. Written in short, carefully numbered sentences of extremely revealing candor, it will capture the imagination of a generation of Street Artists and philosophers. For Obey, discourse is something we use to examine reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. Obey famously summarized this book in the following words: “I aim to bring something new to every artwork.” The work is prefaced by Sarah Jaye Williams introduction to the first edition.
Obey Giant (1989 – 2008). Regarded by many as one of the most significant street art campaigns.
Says Shepard of the book, “…Sarah Jaye Williams knows art history, art theory, and has followed my Obey art and ideas throughout my career. She has compiled quotes for the “Philosophy of Obey” book by meticulously reading hundreds of my articles and interviews. These quotes touch on a broad range of topics and show the evolution of my positions over the years. There is humor, irreverence, hope, pessimism, anger, jubilation, and even maybe some wisdom mixed in with all the potentially contradictory thoughts and emotions. I think there is substantial food for thought in this spectrum statements. Check it out…”
BOMB IT is the explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on 5 continents, BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70’s and 80’s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe. Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today’s most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the urban visual landscape. You’ll never look at public space the same way again.
BOMB IT has shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo.
Shepard Fairey is one of the featured 10 featured artists in the piece - out of 200 artists interviewed around the world only 60 made it into the film and only 10 are featured on the level that Shepard is…
When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obama people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign, he knew what he wanted to create: a phenomenon.
All political art is propaganda (that is the point), but most political posters are bland, forgettable, wallpaper, like Fred Thompson on an off day. Fairey wanted something more iconic — aspirational, inspirational — and cool. In other words, he wanted to make posters that the cool cats would want. The 2008 Democratic primary season equivalent of the Che poster (with all that implies). More Mao, more right now. The kind of poster that might make its way onto dorm room walls of fanboys. The kind of poster that might sell on eBay, as a signed Fairey Obama recently did, for $5,900. He wanted his posters to go viral.
Banksy is going underground with tunnel art exhibition.
The elite of the London art world will convene in Lambeth tonight to examine graffiti in a dank railway tunnel.
A Piece of Melbourne street artwork by reclusive British artist Banksy has now gone under cover.
A clear perspex screen has been installed to protect the quirky piece of graffiti from being vandalised.
The 1m spray-stencil work of a figure in a duffle coat with a diver’s helmet is on the back wall of the Nicholas Building at the entrance to Cocker Alley, off Flinders Lane. It was painted in 2003.
Despite its value, it is often hidden behind rubbish bins. Other Banksy works dotted around Melbourne’s laneways have disappeared under layers of graffiti or through council clean-ups.
The city council’s Street Art Assessment Panel designated the stencil as legal art.
The cover, paid for by the building’s owners, cost a few hundred dollars. Some of Banksy’s London graffiti art has sold for over $450,000.
To view more of Banksy’s Melbourne offerings, please visit my Banksy Flickr set here.
Shep’s been a busy man of late. Not only is he reworking the book covers to some George Orwell classics but game’s company 2K have commissioned him to come up with a series of promo posters for the upcoming Civilization Revolution game. There’s more to come, and the first post features Frenchie Napoleon! Too cool!
Meanwhile, check out Part 3 and Part 4 of Craveonline’s Shepard Fairey interview which we last reported on here.
Banksy pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London.
The secretive graffiti artist managed to erect three storeys of scaffolding behind a security fence despite being watched by a CCTV camera.
Then, during darkness and hidden behind a sheet of polythene, he painted this comment on ‘Big Brother’ society.
Yesterday the scaffolding gang returned to remove all evidence - again without the camera operator stopping them.
The work, above a Post Office yard in Newman Street near Oxford Circus, shows a small boy, watched by a security guard, painting the words: ‘One nation under CCTV.’
Andrew Newman, 35, a businessman from Dulwich, who works locally, said: ‘It was only on Sunday morning that the Post Offices guys realised what had happened.’
Artist Banksy Pranks Security.
Secretive graffiti artist Banksy is believed to have created his biggest work yet, under the not-so-watchful eye of security cameras in central London.
Looks like ole Robert Banks is keeping busy these days… here’s some new samplings…
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