Banksy is a graffiti artist from the UK and is known all over the world. He does not consider himself an artist, but most people look at his work as if he is an artist. Banksy also gives a voice to those who may not have voice. He also has somewhat of a cult following. Some view his work as defacing property and would like to see him arrested. Banksy painted 9 images on the Palestinian side of the Israeli West Bank Barrier. One of the paintings was a ladder up and over the wall, another was of children digging a hole under the wall. He has paintings at ground zero, on busy New York streets. One of which is a police officer with what looks like a pink poodle balloon dog in a muzzle. Banksy has also self published several books of his works of art. His identity is unknown. There is an official Banksy web-site that is registered under another name. Some believe it is him using and alias or that maybe it is his mangers name.
The photos to the right are all done by Banksy and taken from his official web-site http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/outuk/horizontal_1.htm and the Brian Swell Art Directory http://www.briansewell.com/artist/b-artist/banksy/banksy-biography.html
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