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New Banksy street art on Clipstone Street, Fitzrovia

26 Apr ’11

“If graffiti changed anything – it would be illegal”

Banksy has put up a new piece in Central London over the Easter weekend.  Street Art London went along to visit it.

The suits move in:

It does look a bit like an Elephant

Before Banksy, that “Elephant” tank was a man’s home

Posted: March 9th, 2011 | Author: RJ | Category: Art News | Tags: banksy | Waiting for your comment
It seems that there is more to say about Banksy‘s recent piece, This Looks A Bit Like An Elephant, which was removed and is now for sale. Until as recently as September of 2010, a man had been living inside the water tank that Banksy painted. Tachowa Covington aka Rollerball has lived inside the tank for about seven years. In fact, it’s probably a good guess, although I can’t say for sure, that Tachowa was still living in the tank when Banksy painted it, given that he shows up in the video that Banksyelephant.com (the folks trying to sell the tank) have posted on their homepage and says that he saw Banksy paint the tank.
There have been a couple of short films made about Tachowa:
Melrose and Fairfax wonder if maybe Banksy was unaware of Tachowa’s story or that maybe he was aware of Tachowa but was doing a favor for a friend who wanted the tank removed (local residents had been trying to get the tank removed because it disrupts their view of the landscape, and if it weren’t a home, I’d probably agree with them). They also point out that whatever Banksy’s intent, the consequences seem to have left Tachowa homeless.
I’m not so sure about that though. Given that Banksy has dealt with the issue of homelessness before (including tangentially during the same trip to LA when This Looks A Bit Like An Elephant was painted), it seems possible that this piece was about homelessness (the elephant in the room) and that Banksy was aware that the tank was Tachowa’s home. If that’s true, the meaning of the piece becomes mutli-layered and more than a quick joke about the shape of the tank.
Either way, the questions are now: Where is Tachowa now, how is Tachowa doing, will Banksy help him out and has Banksy done so already?


Photo from Banksy’s website

Mr. Brainwash reveals how Banksy helped create him

As Banksy art begins popping up mysteriously around Los Angeles in the days leading up to the Academy Awards,  Mr. Brainwash -- a.k.a. French-born Angeleno Thierry Guetta --confirms that he is as much a creation of Banksy as he is an autonomous creature.

"Banksy captured me becoming an artist," Guetta told The Times over cigarettes and fries (of course). "In the end, I became his biggest work of art." (He doesn't allow whether he in fact may be Banksy, as some have suggested.)

Debates about modern art aren't the first thing one expects from the Oscars. But with the best-documentary nomination of "Exit Through the Gift Shop," British phenom Banksy's examination of the street-art scene and the derivative sensation that is Mr. Brainwash -- or is it the other way around? -- that's pretty much what we have.

Among the questions the film has raised: How much of "Gift Shop" is an elaborate joke staged by Mr. Brainwash? Or by Banksy? Or are they, perhaps, even the same person?

In a talk with The Times' Jason Felch -- Guetta's first extended interview since his movie became a hit at last year's Sundance Film Festival -- Guetta describes how Banksy pulled the strings on his now-infamous 2008 show, in which a host of work from Guetta's Mr. Brainwash that paid, er, strong homage to other artists quickly became a sensation.
"He gives me a brush and a can, and he took the camera," Guetta said, adding that Banksy even told him when to open the show. " 'Go make your own show and have people filming it.' "
Felch also finds that while Guetta -- who began dabbling in the art world by documenting the street-artist Space Invader before becoming a subject himself -- hardly seems credible in the film, his personal story checks out. "The details of Guetta's unlikely biography are broadly supported by a review of public records, which trace his life in Los Angeles from his arrival as a teenager in the early 1980s. They are also consistent with the accounts of friends, former business associates and employees over those years," Felch writes.

Guetta, who refused to comment on whether he'd seen Banksy recently in Los Angeles or whether the artist might come to the Oscars, does tell The Times that he and Banksy remain friends. Guetta says he harbors no hard feelings toward the artist despite Banksy having turned the camera on him in the movie.

But Guetta also says he deserves respect for the way he sacrificed himself for his art in the run-up to the 2008 show. "I put everything I had to make it happen," he said. "If this didn't happen, I was going to lose everything."
--Steven Zeitchik

Photo: An alleged Bansky piece on Sunset Boulevard. Credit: Chris Pizzello / Associated Press

Banksy on a.o.t.s

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Banksy round up Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:39 AM PDT A little round up of some upmarket Banksy news over which I'm guessing he has little control and a review of another recently released Banksy locations app: Partners in crime Bankrobber Gallery and the Keszler Gallery have teamed up to have a show of their cut out of the wall Banksy pieces. They have a ridiculous looking video, all dark and mysterious and more than a bit cliched, which documents their journey to basically buy a piece of wall. Apparently they are at pains to point out that they didn't organise the work being taken from the street in its original location of Palestine, they just bought it after it had been removed to sell on to someone else at what they no doubt will hope to be a huge profit. This is pretty much the street art equivalent of saying "we're only selling ivory, we didn't actually kill the elephant ourselves". Banksy Bonhams meanwhile had an auction of authenticated Banksy works which went for serious money including screen prints at £13K and canvases for up to 100K. It would seem that while shares are on the slide the world over the art market remains in places very buouyant. Sotheby's have some Banksy pieces coming up too. 'Ballerina With Action Man Parts', a version of which was on show at 2009's Banksy versus Bristol Museum Exhibition, is from an edition of 6 and has a guide price of £40,000 to £60,000. Banksy: Ballerina With Action Man Parts 'Bullet Proof David', constructed out of enamel. Fibreglass and wax from an edition of three one of which was seen at the Cans Festival is expected to sell for between £120,000 to £180,000. Finally a bronze rat from an edition of 12 has an estimate of £50,000 to £70,000. This piece is unique in that it has acrylic paint on the rat's brush. Banksy: Bullet Proof David

Printing Banksy: Modern Multiples Creates the LA Prints

It seems to me that all the quiet cats, the unheard of's, the I wish I was an artist, the has beens, the washed up few, the I got nowhere else to go to guys and this guy > Richard Duardo.

It's so amusing to me that after Banksy has seen so much success while keeping his anonymity intact, you now have all these clowns that wanan claim there 5 minutes of fame, or in this case, 15 minutes of one of the worst presentations of a portion of Banksy's work. So there was an earlier video released by the Modern Multiples crew and it was this same guy Richard Duardo, In the first video released,


Mr Duardo is seen tearing up the proofs and screens for the LA prints. You can also see Mr Brainwash in a background shot of the video as well which leads me to believe that these videos were made post 2006, it's clear that in Exit Through The Gift Shop, Banksy's Oscar nominated Street Art Documentary, that him and Thierry, better known as Mr Brainwash, met post 2006 is what I got from the movie. Not sure why or what the reason or motive behind these few over at Modern Multiples is, but one thing for sure, Banksy must be stressing the f*ck out over all these mneyhungry washed up has beens trying to cash in off on another mans success.. my 0.02¢

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Printing Banksy: Modern Multiples Creates the LA Prints

Posted by Alessandro Cima

The art is thin, but secret identities are always fascinating. No artist needs one. They are always put in place to cover up a glaring weakness.  In Banksy’s case, the weakness is that he is simply a mildly talented, professionally skilled illustrator with some measure of showmanship.  The showmanship is the primary industry in his case.  He draws for people who are texting.  There is absolutely no art being produced.  None at all.  But that is one hell of grand joke if you ask me!  Banksy naked would simply be the emperor with no clothes.  I do however believe that the energy and impulses behind the current explosion of street art will lead directly into the next great movement in art.  But that movement will most assuredly not include Banksy.
This is a video about the Los Angeles fine art printer, Richard Duardo, who worked with Banksy to prepare for a 2006 gallery show. The film was made by Brad Beyer and Robert Dragan.



There’s an official website.

@yrbmagazine PRESENTS MR BRAINWASH

By Chad Ghiron
Photography by Chad Griffith

Although the notorious artist Mr. Brainwash has chosen not to keep his face in the shadows, his true street identity still remains somewhat a mystery while his artistic endeavors continue to pop up in all the right places. 

 

Walking out the wide open warehouse doors of the two-story, 15,000-square-foot gallery space for “ICONS Remix,” Thierry Guetta a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash (“MBW”), hit the cobblestone street of West 13th in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District with a black plastic bag and a paint can half-full of brown varnish saying, “Let’s make art.” A group of four men followed in his wake carrying a ladder and other needed items as they made their way down the street to the corner in the bright, midday sun.

The 44-year-old L.A.-based French videographer-turned-street artist, and self-proclaimed “bearded manic,” dressed in dark aviators, a black fedora and paint-splattered clothes, began his day entering the gallery, turning on a French jazz album and gathering some art supplies. The mood, upon his arrival, did a 180 as he greeted people and signed posters. And as fast as he had arrived, Mr. Brainwash was back out the door again, this time with the group in tow.

A half block away, MBW came to an abrupt halt in front of a bright blue construction wall with a pink 20-foot tall Mr. Brainwash heart on the brick building behind it. “I put up a poster here before, but I think the owner took it for himself,” he said. Nearby, pieces cover walls around the neighborhood, staking the artist’s claim and marking his territory.

MBW unloaded the plastic bags, laying out posters, wheatpaste glue and paint along the sidewalk in front of him as Roman, his right-hand man, passed him a picture of an adaptation of the 1980’s Maxell ad, “Blown Away Guy,” where the speaker had been replaced with a spray paint can disguised as Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can. He took the image and taped it to the wall for reference as a watching cop car passed aimlessly by. “New York is easy,” MBW laughed in his energetic broken English. “They don’t care, and even if they do, they just ask me [for] my license and leave after. But if I get caught, I get caught; I’m just not scared. You have to take the risk.”

With everything laid out, MBW turned to one of the men and began speaking French while holding up a red can of spray paint. “I don’t know how this will work. I have only two cans of paint,” he said, shrugging it off as he grabbed the broom and started to prime the wall in preparation for his newest poster, the Campbell’s Tomato Spray Can. The poster went up easily enough, but soon, he’s tearing it into stripes and then laying it back down. “C215 taught me this,” he said of the famed street artist. “No one can take the whole piece this way.” He suddenly looked up at the building on the northwest corner and, pointing to the open window with a camera aimed directly at him, said, “You’re always being watched. I have been known as the guy with the camera for so long – I thought it would be fun to continue.”

Guetta, the subject and man behind the camera for the Banksy documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, had, for the last 12 years, been obsessively following and filming every important figure in the street art scene. He initially cut a hyper A.D.D. original version of the film called before turning the project over to Banksy for his direction. “I am happy with how the movie turned out,” he said.

The documentary shows the transformation of Guetta into Mr. Brainwash and his introduction into the street art scene as a complete coincidence. His cousin, who happens to be street artist Space Invader (known for making mosaics of old video games characters), allowed him to film him when he hit the streets. Guetta soon began filming, traveling and spending time with both Shepard Fairey and the enigmatic artist, Banksy, giving him a front row seat to the best kept secrets in an already exclusive scene. When the time came for Guetta to turn his footage into a film, it became clear he knew nothing about making a movie – which is when Banksy stepped in, took over the editing process and set the future Mr. Brainwash in motion.
“When Banksy came to me and said, ‘Thierry, make a show.’ It was like you couldn’t stop me. Even if you were 20 people holding me back, I would go on. I would make it happen,” he said. “[Banksy] pushed me on something to do, told me what I should do and [said] ‘This is the show you are going to do in June.’ But they never thought I would have done something as crazy and as large and as big as I did. Even me, I put everything I had [on sale] – even my car – to make it happen.”


Both renowned artists, Banksy and Fairey, played an intricate role in MBW’s quick rise to fame by attributing ambiguous yet intriguing quotes for his debut art show, “Life is Beautiful,” which opened to 7,000 people on June 18, 2008 and took with it street art’s first cover in . But his itch for creating art hadn’t come overnight, as many have assumed. “I was filming all these artists, but in the end, I couldn’t sleep,” he said. “I wanted to go out [on my own] and people [were] saying they had this to do or this. So, I created portrait[s] and started to go out myself,” he said. “It turned into my drug.”


Since the success of his first show, MBW has created the cover art for Madonna’s third greatest hits album, , along with 12 other paintings, which included covers for the remix, record and DVD. “I got a phone call one day to try to do a Madonna cover,” he explained. “I dropped everything and for two months created different ideas for the cover, never getting a response. Each time, I [thought], I’m doing it wrong and sent another [with] a different angle. In the end, I wanted it so badly I made it happen.”


With his sudden notoriety, critics followed closely behind, ready to jump at the opportunity to name him a cheap rip-off of Banksy and Warhol. “I think everyone can see something similar in art if they want to,” he said of the criticism. “It’s freedom [to like] something or dislike it. Until I become good [to] them, that’s what will make me work more. You know, trying to [change] a hater to a lover. I want to spread positivity. You cannot judge an artist from his first show, or his second show.”

MBW soon takes it back to “ICONS Remix” gallery, packing up his third show – the follow-up to his NYC debut, “ICONS.” And as he readies himself to head back to his home country of France to do the window display at the famous Le Printemps mall in Paris, he is very clear on the direction of his work. “More I’m going, less I’m doing,” he explained. For what he has planned for the window, the comment seems like a contradiction. “I want to make something very unusual, something that moves. It’s an opportunity that you don’t have many times. They have the permits for me to do a sculpture 20 feet high in the front, in the street. I was thinking of doing a giant King Kong with the tires, holding a spray can. I don’t know we’ll see.” But it is true, you can already see from the progression of his first show to the pared down, edited version of the third with some addition of pink paint thrown on some of the recycled tire sculptures and larger print pieces – he appears to be focusing in on his artistic medium. “Beyonce and Alicia Keys are doing a [record] together and asked for me to do the cover, but we’ll see. In the end, things happen when you really want [to make them] happen,” he said.
Banksy and the movie was the topic on everyone’s tongue as the crowd grew around him taking pictures in the gallery. With a huge smile and red paint spotted across his face, MBW looked over his shoulder at Roman and addresses the rumors that he and Banksy are actually one and the same with a story about his eight-year-old son. “It was really cute, I was at my house and my little boy walked up to me and asked in his little voice, ‘Daddy, are you Banksy?’” he said, repeating it a few times for effect. “My son is even confused if I am Banksy.”


If Mr. Brainwash does happen to be what the bloggers say is “a hoax,” then who’s the joke on? Perhaps the joke is on Banksy himself, because his social experiment has taken on a life of its own and created a successful brand. Maybe the answer is, as MBW said, much more simple than you imagine – and it’s in front of you if you just look. “Like the movie is, it’s all a mystery. Tomorrow might tell, but now, we live in today,” he stated. “Even if I tell them the truth, they’ll believe the other way. When someone has something in their mind, it’s very hard to change it. People believe what they want.”


With the piece outside finished, MBW walked around the corner with a can of black spray paint and wrote in cursive, “Life is Wonderful.” 

http://www.yrbmagazine.com/magazine/article/248/Mr.%20Brainwash

I married BANKSY

Revealed: The Labour researcher who married in a Las Vegas chapel and became the very secretive Mrs Banksy

By Andy Whelan
Last updated at 2:11 AM on 13th March 2011

Unmasked: We revealed Banksy was ex-public schoolboy Robin Gunningham

Like her husband, Joy Millward is elusive. Perhaps that’s unsurprising – because to her closest friends she is also known as Mrs Banksy, secret wife of the world’s most controversial artist.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Banksy, who made his name with his stencil-style ‘guerrilla’ art in public spaces, married 31-year-old Ms Millward, a former researcher for a Labour MP, at a Las Vegas chapel in 2006.
And from that day it seems she has had to get used to life in the shadows.
Last week her family denied knowledge of the wedding and her business partner initially said she had never heard of her.
Which is probably how Banksy, the Scarlet Pimpernel of modern art, likes it. For years his success was built partly on his anonymity and the myths surrounding him.
His identity was a jealously guarded secret, with many imagining him to be a radical tearaway from an inner-city estate.
But three years ago The Mail on Sunday unmasked him as Robin Gunningham, a former public schoolboy who grew up in middle-class suburbia.
Ms Millward’s upbringing was similarly comfortable. She was raised in Stourbridge in the West Midlands by her businessman father David and mother Janice.
Bright but reserved, she is understood to have gained a politics degree from Bristol University, then headed for London.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365725/Revealed-The-Labour-researcher-married-Las-Vegas-chapel-secretive-Mrs-Banksy.html#ixzz1GULMMBQN

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More at IMDbPro » Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010)   87 min  -  Documentary | Comedy   -  5 March 2010 (UK)   8.2/10  Users: (7,003 votes) 46 reviews | Critics: 137 reviews Metascore: 85/100 (based on 27 reviews from Metacritic.com) The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy... See full summary » Director:  Banksy Stars:  Banksy, Thierry Guetta and Space Invader

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Credited cast:
	André	...	Himself
	Wendy Asher	...	Herself
	Banksy	...	Himself
	Shepard Fairey	...	Himself
	Deborah Guetta	...	Herself
	Thierry Guetta	...	Himself
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The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work. Written by Sundance Film Festival  

BONHAMS URBAN ART AUCTION RESULTS

1 Banksy (b.1975) Pulp Fiction signed, dated 03 and numbered 31/150 screenprint on paper 41 by 62 cm. 16 1/8 by 24 7/16 in. £9,375

2 Nick Walker (b. 1969) The Morning After - Moscow signed with the artist's monogram and numbered 73/150 screenprint on paper 51.3 by 71.6 cm. 20 3/16 by 28 3/16 in. This work was executed in 2009. £1,125

3 Eelus (b. 1979) Wot U lookin' at signed on the side edge; signed, titled and numbered 8/25 on the stretcher spray paint on canvas 60.8 by 76 cm. 23 15/16 by 29 15/16 in. This work was executed in 2006-2007. £1,625

4 Blek Le Rat (b.1952) Man That Walks Through Walls signed and dated 2007; signed and dated 2007 on the reverse spray paint on canvas, in a perspex box frame 200 by 130 cm. 78 3/4 by 51 3/16 in. This work is from an edition of 3. £16,250

6 Cyclops (b. 1975) Teenage Phantasm #36 signed Cyclops 1; signed, titled, dated 2009 with various inscriptions and doodles on the reverse oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 121 by 90 cm. 47 5/8 by 35 7/16 in. £3,750

7 K-Guy (b.1968) Coke Moss, Zero Kate signed, titled in stencil and numbered 3/5 on the reverse acrylic, aerosol, silkscreen and tea stains on canvas 65 by 65 cm. 25 9/16 by 25 9/16 in. This work was executed in 2010. £1,625

10 Banksy (b.1975) Monkey Queen signed, dated 2003 and numbered 106/150 screenprint on paper 49 by 34 cm. 19 5/16 by 13 3/8 in. £6,875

11 Banksy (b.1975) HMV Dog stencil spray paint on paper 54.5 by 37.5 cm. 21 7/16 by 14 3/4 in. This work was executed in 2004. £13,750

12 Nick Walker (b. 1969) Vandalism signed with the artist's monogram, dated 2008 and numbered 1/12 on the stretcher stencil spray paint on canvas 60.5 by 45.5 cm. 23 13/16 by 17 15/16 in. £2,500

13 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Chinese Soldier signed and dated 97 on the reverse acrylic on canvas 91.5 by 122 cm. 36 by 48 1/16 in. £25,000

14 Anthony Lister (b.1980) God's Got a Plan To Kill Me Again signed, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse acrylic on canvas 188 by 178 cm. 74 by 70 1/16 in. £3,125
15 Blek Le Rat (b.1952) Space Cowboy signed and dated 2007; signed and numbered 4/10 on the reverse stencil spray paint on canvas 75 by 55 cm. 29 1/2 by 21 5/8 in. £6,250

17 Trxtr (British) 24 Hour Love signed, titled and dated 2011 on the reverse acrylic and mixed media on canvas 93 by 66 cm. 36 5/8 by 26 in. £1,500

18 Jef Aerosol (b.1957) Geisha signed and dated 11; signed and dated 11 on the reverse spray paint and mixed media on canvas 195 by 97 cm. £6,250

23 Dalek (James Marshall) (b. 1968) Untitled #7 signed and dated 2007 on the reverse acrylic on board 81 by 81 cm. 32 by 32 in. £5,000

24 Banksy (b.1975) Very Little Helps signed and numbered 203/299 screenprint on paper 50.6 by 37.4 cm. 19 15/16 by 14 3/4 in. This work was executed in 2008. £5,625

25 Banksy (b.1975) Precision Bombing signed with spray paint spray paint on buff canvas laid on board, with various test stencils on the reverse 25.5 by 45.5 cm. 10 1/16 by 17 15/16 in. £20,000

29 Faile (American) Untitled signed and dated 2007; signed and dated 2007 on the reverse mixed media on wood panel 40 by 45 cm. 15 3/4 by 17 11/16 in. £6,250

30 Eine (b.1970) S Iz for Scary signed, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse stencil spray paint and acrylic on canvas 86 by 86 cm. 33 7/8 by 33 7/8 in. £2,000

31 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Duality of Humanity 2 mixed media on paper Image: 110 by 151 cm. 43 5/16 by 59 7/16 in. This work was executed in 2008. £32,450

32 Antony Micallef (British, born 1975) Bomber Girl signed and numbered 27/50 screenprint on paper, unframed 81 by 68 cm. 31 7/8 by 26 3/4 in. This work was executed in 2006. £1,250

33 Herakut (German) Word to Mother signed, titled and dated 2008 acrylic on board 136 by 82 cm. 53 9/16 by 32 5/16 in. £1,250

34 Antony Micallef (British, born 1975) 21st Century Love signed and numbered 35/95 screenprint on paper, unframed 89 by 89 cm. 35 1/16 by 35 1/16 in. This work was executed in 2005. £4,375

35 Banksy (b.1975) Toxic Mary signed, dated 03 and numbered 33/150 screenprint on paper 70 by 49.5 cm. 27 9/16 by 19 1/2 in. £4,750

36 Banksy (b.1975) CND Soldiers signed, dated 05 and numbered 87/350 screenprint on paper 71 by 48 cm. 27 15/16 by 18 7/8 in. £13,125

37 Ame72 (Jamie Ame) (British, born 1972) Vapour Trail signed, titled and dated 2011 on the reverse of one panel spray paint and gloss on aluminium, in 3 parts Each: 51 by 51 cm. 20 1/16 by 20 1/16 in. Overall: 51 by 153 cm. 20 1/16 by 60 1/4 in. £1,250

38 Zeus (b. 1968) Landscape Edition mixed media and collage on board 109 by 202 cm. 42 15/16 by 79 1/2 in. This work was executed in 2008. £2,125

39 Blek Le Rat (b.1952) Diplomacy signed and dated 2008; signed and numbered 1/2 on the reverse stencil spray paint on canvas 99 by 99 cm. 29 by 29 in. £5,250

40 Seen (b. 1961) Tile Seen Tag (i) signed, inscribed 1/10 on the reverse (ii) signed, inscribed 2/10 on the reverse acrylic and stencil spray paint on canvas, in 2 parts Each: 51 by 40 cm. 20 1/16 by 15 3/4 in. Overall: 51 by 80 cm. 20 1/16 by 31 1/2 in. This work was executed in 2007. £2,500

41 Ron English (b.1966) #14 Rabbit £2,250

42 Rich Simmons (born 1986) Will Fight Crime for Food signed with the artist's monogram on the reverse stencil spray paint on board 90 by 161 cm. 35 7/16 by 63 3/8 in. £10,000

43 Adam Neate (British, born 1977) Arms Outstretched signed with the artist's monogram acrylic and spray paint on cardboard, in a perspex box frame 134 by 101 cm. 52 3/4 by 39 3/4 in. This work was executed in 2007. £13,750

46 Nick Gentry (b. 1980) SB XXX signed with the artist's initials oil paint on used floppy disks mounted on panel 168 by 198 cm. 66 1/8 by 77 15/16 in. This work was executed in 2011. £4,000

47 D*Face (British) Death or Glory signed mixed media and collage on paper 43.5 by 46.5 cm. 17 1/8 by 18 5/6 in. This work was executed in 2007 and is unique. £7,750
48 Banksy (b.1975) Watchtower Collaboration - Blu signed by both artists painted olive wood sculpture Height: 24.5 cm. 9 5/8 in. This work was executed in 2007. £12,500

50 Banksy (b.1975) Grin Reaper signed, dated 05 and numbered 227/300 screenprint on paper 71 by 43 cm. 27 15/16 by 16 15/16 in. £5,625

51 China Mike Broke Ass £1,250

52 Jonathan Darby (British, born 1984) Mai Mai signed, titled and dated 2010 mixed media on canvas 100 by 70.5 cm. 39 3/8 by 27 3/4 in. £1,250

53 Blek Le Rat (b.1952) Running Man signed and dated 2008 stencil spray paint on board 225 by 124 cm. 88 9/16 by 48 13/16 in. £12,500

54 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Hostile Takeover New World Order signed, dated 2007 and inscribed AP HPM; signed and dated on the reverse screenprint on board 60.5 by 45.5 cm. 23 13/16 by 17 15/16 in. £3,750

55 Swoon (American) Ice Queen mixed media on found door 136 by 43 cm. 53 9/16 by 16 15/16 in. This work was executed in 2011. £13,750

56 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Tyrant Boot signed, dated 09 and inscribed 1/2 HPM; signed and dated 2009 on the reverse mixed media and silkscreen on board 61 by 45.5 cm. 24 by 17 15/16 in. £8,750

57 Matt Small (British, born 1975) Untitled enamel on board 59.5 by 59.5 cm. 23 7/16 by 23 7/16 in. This work was executed in 2011. £4,750

58 Sweet Toof (b.1972) Blood Thirsty signed, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse oil on canvas 70 by 100 cm. 27 9/16 by 39 3/8 in. £1,750

59 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Black Panther signed, dated and inscribed 2/2 HPM in pencil; signed, dated and inscribed 2/2 HPM on the reverse screenprint on board 60.5 by 45.5 cm. 23 13/16 by 15 15/16 in. This work was executed in 2005. £6,875

60 Banksy (b.1975) Monkey Detonator signed in stencil; signed in stencil and numbered 05/25 on the stretcher stencil spray paint on raw hessian 91 by 91 cm. 35 13/16 by 35 13/16 in. This work was executed in 2000. £97,250

61 Joe Rush (British, born 1960) Boxer No 3( Mad Jock) salvaged domestic and industrial metal components Height 50 cm. 19 11/16 in. This work was executed in 2011. £5,000

62 Joe Rush (British, born 1960) Blue Boy mixed media metal sculpture Height 34 cm. 13 3/8 in. This work was executed in 2011. £5,625

64 Cyclops (b. 1975) Amy oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 90 by 60 cm. 35 7/16 by 23 5/8 in. This work was executed in 2007. £2,375

65 Faile (American) Untitled mixed media on wood box 51 by 30 by 10 cm. 20 1/16 by 11 13/16 by 3 15/16 in. £2,500

66 Adam Neate (b. 1977) Untitled signed with the artist's monogram acrylic, stencil spray paint and collage on canvas 91.5 by 35.5 cm. 36 by 14 in. This work was executed in 2003. £1,875

68 Seen (b. 1961) Untitled signed and dated 1998 spray paint on canvas 91.5 by 61 cm. 36 by 24 in. £1,250

69 DNTT (Tony D'Amico) (British, born 1960) Shark Head panel beaten steel with copper and glass 56 by 50 cm. 22 1/16 by 9 11/16 in. This work was executed in 2011. £1,875

70 Sage Vaughn (American, born 1976) Blue Raincoat Study signed watercolour and pencil on paper 75 by 55 cm. 29 1/2 by 21 5/8 in. £1,000

71 Part2ism (British, born 1972) Sanguine 2 signed, titled and dated 2009 on the reverse acrylic and spray paint on canvas 225 by 124 cm. 88 9/16 by 48 13/16 in. £1,000

72 Nick Walker (b. 1969) Ratatouille signed with the artist's monogram; signed and numbered 5/10 on the reverse stencil spray paint and acrylic on canvas 69 by 59 cm. 27 3/16 by 23 1/4 in. This work was executed in 2008. £5,000

73 RESO (Patrick Jungfleisch) (b. 1975) Edgehill signed and dated 2011 on the reverse acrylic on canvas 50 by 50 cm. 19 11/16 by 19 11/16 in. £1,125

74 Delta Overgrowth 2 c-print mounted on perspex faced composite aluminium panel 93 by 93 cm. 36 5/8 by 36 5/8 in. This work was executed in 2007 and is from an edition of 3. £1,250

75 Banksy (b.1975) Trolleys signed and numbered 495/750 screenprint on paper 55 by 75 cm. 21 5/8 by 29 1/2 in. This work was executed in 2007. £6,250

76 Banksy (b.1975) Love Is In The Air signed and inscribed Jake thanks Banks screenprint on paper 50 by 70 cm. 19 11/16 by 27 9/16 in. This work was executed in 2003 and is an artist's proof aside from the edition of 150. £10,000

77 Banksy (b.1975) Balloon Girl signed with spray paint on the overlap; signed, inscribed HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and dated 2005 on the stretcher spray paint on canvas 40.5 by 40.5 cm. 15 15/16 by 15 15/16 in. £55,250

78 Shepard Fairey (b.1970) Comandante 1, 2, 3 and 4 Each: signed, dated 2002 and inscribed AP; signed, dated and inscribed AP on the reverse four screenprints on board Each: 61 by 46 cm. 24 by 18 1/8 in. Overall: 122 by 92 cm. 48 1/16 by 36 1/4 in.

I Know who BANKSY is.....

REALLY GUY?

Here we go again, another media hyped blog post about revealing the world's most elusive street artist....BANKSY and his identity... blah blah blah

Can someone please please tell these people that we done heard this story all too many times before

I understand you want to drive attention to your film festival, that there are some unknown artists and actors not just starving but dying for attention. Give it up already, when BANKSY wants the world to know who he is, then he will let the world know who he is, until then my friend.

FUCK YOU AND YOUR WACK ASS FILM

Canimation, part of The Encounters International Film Festival promises to reveal Banksy’s identity?

As part of The Encounters International Film Festival, “Canimation” promises to ‘unveil the mystery behind Banksy’s identity’. Really? Animation Program manager, Keiran Argo, programmed the Canimation strand of the festival to act as a celebration for Bristol’s involvement in both animation and street art development. Kieran said: “The program would have been incomplete without a local contribution so the hunt was on for something special. What Banksy didn’t bargain for when recently stenciling the back wall of Aardman’s new building was the discrete CCTV system they had installed allowing us, for the first time, to put a face to the name. All will be revealed in the program…’

Well well, what to do, is it realistically going to be him? Them? Only time will tell…

For more information on the festival, including program details, line up and opening times, hit the site in the link above.

The rest of these photos below are not mine but from other sites and blogs, i just felt like posting them for everyone to enjoy....