Month: February 2021

Banksy art is full of refined and subtle symbolism. His poignant imagery not only flabbergasts a viewer but also poses questions, usually rhetorical ones. If you look closer at the world that Banksy depicts in his street murals, you may notice an array of patterns repeated from one artwork to another. For example, that is the focus on police officers or Banksy rats, a popular leitmotif in his street art. Today, we want to draw your attention to another no less crucial image, the image of the child in the work of Banksy.

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Confusing street art and graffiti art is a commonly accepted practice, to say the least. Though being different by definition, street art and graffiti are usually used as synonyms for what we call “wall painting.” As it turns out, there are several crucial peculiarities making each type of urban art unique and dissimilar to each other. If you want to know how to distinguish these two terms, there are five ways to tell the difference between them.

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Banksy has deservedly earned the name of the most famous street artist of all time. His works are being sold for millions of dollars, his persona is covered with mist, and his controversial art instigates a fervent reaction on social media. Some people love him, some hate, and some do not even believe that Banksy actually exists. But what exactly makes Banksy a famous artist and a notorious worldwide superstar causing havoc in the minds of millions of people? Let’s try to decode the popularity of the ghost graffiti artist!

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Banksy is rightly one of the most famous incognitos in the contemporary world of art. Despite an overwhelming success, no one has seen nor heard him. Each year, his figure becomes even more powerful yet obscure. This is part of the reason why Banksy means different things to different people. And myths and legends about the elusive artist are partly to blame for that. So what are they?

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