Banksy

Banksy's work fascinates me. There was a time where I just saw his work as just well thought out graffiti. Only now after really starting to appreciate it I have begun to realise that a lot of his work is a statement on the world he lives in. If you take a look at Banksy's website he explains his work in New Orleans and I appreciate how much he values what graffiti actually means to inner city culture. I was particularly interested by his comments about New Orleans' phantom Grey Ghost (see below), "he's done more damage to the culture of the city than any section five hurricane." That's a very powerful statement in favour of graffiti.



I love some of the work and you have to think that a lot of planning goes into each and every one of his pieces. Something that you perhaps can't say of other graffiti artists who act upon instinct. I especially love his "Rat Girl" piece where Banksy has been opportunist in his creating of a rat out of cracked plaster on a wall. Brilliant.






This last piece is from back home in the UK and as a visual piece is so successful. You would stop and take notice of something like this just like the workmen in the photo.