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Graffiti in Bethlehem

Banksy stencil on a facade of Bristol.

Banksy, born in 1974 ^Biography

It combines the techniques of graffiti , the stencil and the facility to pass messages, which often mix politics , humor and poetry as Ernest Pignon-Ernest and Blek le Rat. Banksy's stencils are humorous images, sometimes combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-military, anti-capitalist or anti-system. His characters are often rats, monkeys, policemen, soldiers, children, famous people or the elderly.

He has earned a reputation in the community alternative and traditional media are also interested in him. He has worked on the film The Son of man and realized in 2003 the album cover of Blur , Think Tank.

In 2004 , he had printed counterfeit notes of 10 pounds. Instead of the effigy of the Queen of England is that of Lady Diana. It also changes the Bank of England "by" Banksy of England ". It disperses most of the carnival at Notting Hill .

Banksy founded the project "Santa's Ghetto" by making paintings on the wall of Gaza to restore hope in Palestine. Assisted by other artists, like Ron Franais, an American, the wall of separation gradually takes the colors of an artistic giant canvas, as with the image of the little Vietnamese napalm burned hand by holding Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald.

Regarding this project, writes in his book Banksy Wall & Piece, one day while painting on the wall of separation , one person came and said, "you embellish the wall." Banksy, flattered, "Thank you, nice", was immediately cut by the old man: "You do not want this wall is beautiful, we do not want this wall, go home".

In September 2006 , he placed an inflatable doll-sized Disneyland (California) representing a prisoner of Guantanamo Bay . It is a character who would later become recurring in his work.

During the summer of 2009 , a major exhibition has been organized at the Museum of Bristol, England, with over 100 works, which will host more than 300,000 visitors for 12 weeks .

In 2010 the movie comes out Exit Through the Gift Shop (Make the wall!), directed by Banksy himself and submitted to the Sundance Film Festival , and the Berlin Film Festival. The film features artists such as Invader (artist) and Shepard Fairey , all supposedly filmed by Thierry Guetta , who also tried to become an urban artist.

Major works and facts

Banksy entered the enclosure of the Penguins Zoo London and are painted in letters two feet high "We're Bored of Fish" ("No More Fish").
In March 2005 , he placed the fake works or subversive MoMA , the Met , the Brooklyn Museum , the American Museum of Natural History in New York , and the Tate Britain or the British Museum , which, when the deception was discovery (a false artifact representing a prehistoric man in charcoal pushing a supermarket trolley in hunting animals), decided to include the object in its permanent collection.
In September 2006, Banksy "hacked" the record's release of Paris Hilton with about 500 discs bought in the store, re-recorded, wallet and modified photos, then returned quietly, with original bar code, available in different UK stores. The song titles were changed, for example, "Why am I famous? ("Why am I famous?") Or "What Have I Done? ("What have I done?"). The cover with retouched photos of the star is stamped with slogans like: "90% of Success Is Just Showing Up" ("90% of success is just showing off what"). On the websites of these discs auctions are trading at about 1000 room.
Many of Banksy stencils can be found on the walls of British cities as Bristol or London , and some are threatened with destruction or be covered with paint to create petitions are to defend the creation of Banksy ^,.

Some of his creations are sold in the auction room:

Keep it Spotless, 214 x 305 cm, sold 1,230,000 at Sotheby's in New York , 14 February 2008
The Rude Lord, a painting diverted, sold 463,000 at Sotheby's in London 12 October 2007

Gallery: The Israeli separation barrier

Near Qalandia - July 2005	Near Bethlehem - 2005	Al Quds University, Jerusalem	Bethlehem
This wall marks the place where more than 40 people were killed during the first Intifada (the little holes along the top are bullet holes).