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Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world. His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. He no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall on which they were painted. Much of his work can be classified as temporary art. A small number of his works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency he created called Pest Control. Banksy's documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In January 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film. In 2014, he was awarded Person of the Year at the 2014 Webby Awards.
Banksy's name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. In a 2003 interview with Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, Banksy is described as "white, 28, scruffy casual—jeans, T-shirt, a silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring. He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of The Streets." An ITV News segment of 2003 featured a short interview with someone identified in the reporting as Banksy. Banksy began as an artist at the age of 14, was expelled from school, and served time in prison for petty crime. According to Hattenstone, "anonymity is vital to him because graffiti is illegal". Banksy reportedly lived in Easton, Bristol, during the late 1990s, before moving to London around 2000.
In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded that his forename is Robbie. The Mail on Sunday claimed in 2008 that Banksy is Robin Gunningham, born on 28 July 1974 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol. Several of Gunningham's associates and former schoolmates at Bristol Cathedral School have corroborated this, and, in 2016, a study by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London using geographic profiling found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham. According to The Sunday Times, Gunningham began employing the name Robin Banks, which eventually became Banksy. Two cassette sleeves featuring his art work from 1993, for the Bristol band Mother Samosa, exist with his signature. In June 2017, DJ Goldie referred to Banksy as "Rob" in an interview for a podcast.
Other speculations on Banksy's identity include the following:
Robert Del Naja (also known as 3D), a member of the trip hop band Massive Attack, had been a graffiti artist during the 1980s prior to forming the band, and was previously identified as a personal friend of Banksy.
In 2020, users on Twitter began to speculate that former Art Attack presenter Neil Buchanan was Banksy. This was denied by Buchanan's publicist.
In 2022, Billy Gannon, a local councillor in Pembroke Dock was rumoured to be Banksy. He subsequently resigned because the speculation was affecting his ability to carry out the duties of a councillor. "I'm being asked to prove who I am not, and the person that I am not may not exist," he said. "I mean, how am I supposed to prove that I'm not somebody who doesn't exist? Just how do you do that?"
In October 2014, an internet hoax circulated that Banksy had been arrested and his identity revealed.
Dominic Pangborn explains his use of technique and materials during a visit to his Iron Street studio.
Taken in one of the empty rooms of an old abandoned monastery in Studenice, Slovenia. This setting with the window, chair and the easel was just there waiting to be photographed!
Baron Bean newspaper comic strip grifter con man created by the cartoonist George Herriman distributed by King Features Syndicate from January 5 - 1916 through January 22 - 1919 African American Cartoon Artist - Cartoonists Screen Grab screengrab early newspaper comics cartoon cartoons teens pen and ink black and white comedy funny funnies and Grimes
Tetsuo Harada , Jose Subira Puig et Simone son épouse, Dietrich Mohr et Mariane son épouse durant leurs expositions au Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Meudon.
Cup of Tea!
One of two more Mexican Teaparty scarves I'm making for (M)Art in Queensland (Australia), before their winter runs out! They've been a success so I've made these two up as well.
Hand embroidered and appliqued Tasmanian wool and cashmere, with silk and printed cotton lining.
Length:
Collection: (M)Art at Artisan, Queensland, Australia
Photo: The Artist
Photo Series 1591 - WOMAN ARTIST - @annalisa model Part 4
Hi, my name is Annalisa and I am a model. So far I worked for many photographers. My pictures appeared on various magazines, book covers, advertising banners as well as online publications. I am available for indoor & outdoor shooting, workshops and any related modelling activities. I am also very fond of sports which I practice in my spare time, such as snowboarding, trekking, horse riding and motorbike.
Area: Northeast Italy ( Friuli V.G., Veneto, Austria Carinziana e Slovenija Carsica )
For any further info or request please feel free to contact me at the this address.
between the data of my profile you will find the link on my web site which describes me better than any words, enjoy!
info@annalisamodel.it
Citizen Artists
Arts Strike: Transforming through the Arts, a Demonstration and Discussion
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm MDT on Friday, June 28, 2013
Arts Strike is a dialogue between artists, schools and communities first piloted by Yo-Yo Ma and Damian Woetzel in 2010. This special discussion and demonstration for the Aspen Ideas Festival highlights the unique power of the arts to educate and engage, and will feature local Colorado children alongside renowned artists, several of whom have participated in Arts Strikes in schools across the country.
Yo-Yo Ma Cristina Pato Charles Lil Buck Riley Damian Woetzel Tracy Straus Anna Deavere Smith
Benedict Music Tent
Uma instalação artística de nove mil lâmpadas de 25 centímetros cada espalhadas pelo chão embelezaram a Praça Paris, na Glória. A obra do artista italiano Giancarlo Neri, intitulada ‘Máximo silêncio em Paris’, foi concluída no dia 27 e ficou exposta ao público até o dia 5 de fevereiro de 2012. As milhares de luzes com suas variações cromáticas já foram vistas no Circo Máximo em Roma, em 2007, por mais de 35 mil pessoas na abertura do evento. Também foram apreciadas, em Madri, em 2008; e, em Dubai, em 2009. 03/02/2012.
Artista: Anathema
Fotografo: Francesco Castaldo
Data: 5 luglio 2011
Venue: Castello Scaligero
Città: Villafranca di Verona
Basement Hanford Artist, declassified
2006
20 w by 16 in h
Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”.
© copyright J Kearns 2006
For more info and to view original visit:
www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/?p=738
Having grown up in Richland, when I learned of the Hanford Declassification Project I was greatly interested. And even more interested when a search for the words "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" yielded no results in the database. It was curious to me that Nagasaki and Hiroshima had been excised so neatly from the declassified documents for this portion of the Manhattan Project. Thus my interest in taking the photos and using them as base for digital paintings, sometimes adding subcontext.
Description of the declassification project from the govt website:
“The Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (RL) has aggressively implemented the commitments made by the Federal Government to openness in Government which was stated as a ‘Fundamental principle that an informed citizenry is essential to the democratic process and that the more the American people know about their Government, the better they will be governed. Openness in government is essential to accountability . . .’ RL is committed to responsible openness. The Hanford Declassification Project (HDP) was initiated by RL to declassify to the maximum possible extent all previously classified Hanford operations information (documents and photographs). There are over 77,000 declassified photographs of early Hanford (1943 - 1960) available… \These World War II and Cold War era photographs depict early Hanford construction and the employees/families who lived and build/operated the site.”
The plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was manufactured at Hanford, which is now a toxic wasteland. The nearby town of Richland was hurridly constructed during WWII for the express purpose of the secret manufacture of plutonium.
Mostra finalizzata all'asta di lavori donati dagli artisti
a sostegno di International Help Onlus
orario: 13 e 14 Giugno
dalle 18.00 alle 20.00
(possono variare, verificare sempre via telefono)
vernissage: 12 giugno 2009. dalle 17.00 alle 21.00
curatori: Giorgio Vaccarino
autori: Corrado Alderucci, Giovanni Alibrandi, Marta Ampolo, Vincenzo Ampolo, Ennio Bertrand, Mauro Bouvet, Vincenzo Caricato, Luisella Carretta, Marilena Cataldini, Maurizio Chatel, Gianni Colombo, Angelo Conto, Gianni Cossu, Giuseppe De Filippo, Paolo Durandetto, François Farellacci, Paolo Ferrante, Fabrizio Fontana, Giuseppe Gavazza, Claudio Guasti, Claudio Gulli, Ambra Lazzari, Chiara Massa, Simona Minniti, Ferruccio Musio, Netville, Martha Nieuwenhujis, Raffaele Niro, Alessandro Novazio Griffi, Sergio Pallante, Francesco Pasca, Reinoso Peicper, Flavio Portis, Agnesina Pozzi, Donato Prosdocimo, Rudi Punzo, Matteo Riparbelli, Beppe Ronco, Sara Scalco, Filippo Valente, Salvatore Zito
patrocini: Manifestazione promossa da ArsMeteoº nell'ambito di MeteoºPatika 2009
genere: arte contemporanea, collettiva
email: associazione@arsmeteo.org
web: www.arsmeteo.org
Left to right: BCHS Resident Artist Ezekial Cohen, and Jeff Nemetsky (Executive Director of BCHS)
Photo by Robert Braunfeld (www.cameraeye.smugmug.com)
ArtPrize Artist Kick-Off Party
Eve @ The B.O.B.
Sponsored by The Gilmore Group
09.18.2011
photo: Vince Dudzinski