![]() ![]() Many commentators have drawn similarities between his work, and that of Blek le Rat, a French artist born in 1952 and who started politicising street walls with his images in the 1980s. His disregard for the rules, on which as a graffiti artist his whole career has been based, was this time channelled against the system of the art market, a system in which Banksy’s influence has been growing for some time as the value of his work has increased in kind.īanksy’s fame as the elusive Bristolian graffiti artist has been cemented worldwide, but how much does he owe his success to lesser known forerunners of the urban / street art movement, and just how original is his blend of humour, social commentary and stencilled designs? To read more about the relationship between Urban and Street Art, take a look! In early October, the street artist Banksy destroyed one of his own artworks seconds after it had been sold at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction, an audacious prank that sent shockwaves through the art world and made national headlines globally. ![]()
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