Banksy is rumored to be in residence in the city of Bristol.
Banksy is a graffiti artist but he is also a political activist, director and a painter. His art forms are usually dark. There are rumors that the artist was recently arrested.
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Banksy
Banksy, the elusive street artist, has created numerous works over the years, with many being painted on various dates. One of his most famous pieces, "Girl with a Balloon," was originally painted in 2002. If you are referring to a specific artwork, please provide more details for a precise date.
Some of Banksy's most famous graffiti artworks include a famous piece that pictured a naked man hanging out of a bedroom window in Bristol. In July he also did a series of Olympic based political pieces.
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Besides being political, provocative, rather large and of course brilliant, his art was placed in highly visible places. Even though he is 'anonymous', I'm sure he's done some effective P.R.( besides stenciling public spaces) in the way of press releases, website promotion, resumes and such.Since Banksy made the lifesize stencil famous (even though he ripped off his Rat image from an older French artist without crediting him) no one can stencil their town without now being said to have been influenced by the famous Banksy. Actually,after seeing the work of Banksy, I will no longer try to fool myself into thinking I was ever a clever artist. So I have stopped making art and now spend my free time on "4Chan" and "/b/", now that's art!
A lot of Banksy's work contains some quite heavy political statements - for example his work in Iraq recently. Some of it is also just funny - like his famous piece on Bristol's Park Street.