Saturday, 4 April 2015

banksy is not only provocative - he's very popular...

Banksy is not only provocative - he's very popular:
Jay Doubleyou: the disappearing banksys
Jay Doubleyou: banksy: the provocative artist of our time
Jay Doubleyou: a history of irony

The BBC's I-Wonder series takes us everywhere - including a timeline of Banksy's work:



ConsultantDr Luke DickensOpen University

The writing on the wall

Banksy is the most well known graffiti artist in the world, even though he has never revealed his true identity. Quirky and political, his work has satirised oppression in Palestine, hypocrisy in politics and capitalist greed in London.
His spray painted images are illegal but still create newspaper headlines and sell for six figure sums in galleries around the world. How has the world's most famous vandal become the darling of the art scene?
BBC - iWonder - How did Banksy become the world's most famous vandal?
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