Banksy's London Animal Series
In August 2024 a series of nine artworks of animals by Banksy appeared in London over nine days. The artworks do not have titles and were confirmed by Banksy on his Instagram on the day of their appearance. Description The animals are depicted by their silhouettes and are predominantly painted in black. The fish artwork painted on the police sentry box uses translucent paint. Interpretation The series was created by Banksy to cheer up the British public during a period of bleak news headlines when "light has often been harder to spot than shade" as reported by ''The Guardian''. Banksy hoped that the "uplifting works cheer people with a moment of unexpected amusement, as well as to gently underline the human capacity for creative play, rather than for destruction and negativity". Banksy's organisation Pest Control Office has said that "recent theorising about the deeper significance of each new image has been way too involved". List of works See also * List of works by Banksy R ...
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Banksy
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 black comedy, dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive Stencil graffiti, 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 painte ...
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