| Description |
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The art of infiltration -- Once upon a time -- Graffiti decoded -- Finding his own style -- Anonymously happy -- The artist and organiser -- The outlaw returns home -- Dismal delights -- Holiday snaps -- Welcome to Team Banksy -- Psst ... Anyone want to buy a wall? -- The business of Banksy -- Biting the hand that tempts him -- Art without a theory. |
| Summary |
"A fully updated and illustrated edition of the bestselling story of the worlds most famous graffiti artist. For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for seven-figure sums and hangs on celebrities' walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was Oscar-nominated and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more National Treasure than edgy outsider, who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today? In this fully updated and illustrated story of Banksy's life and career, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of his world and unpicks its contradictions. Whether art or vandalism, anti-establishment or sell-out, Banksy and his work have become a cultural phenomenon and the question 'Who is Banksy?' is as much about his career as it is 'the man behind the wall'"--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Banksy.
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Graffiti artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Graffiti artists -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780711264328 (hbk.) |
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0711264325 |
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