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Banksy: The Man behind the Wall - Revised and Illustrated Edition (Hardcover)
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Banksy: The Man behind the Wall - Revised and Illustrated Edition (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R547
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In this fully revised and richly illustrated edition, author and
journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a complete picture
of the life and work of Banksy, perhaps the most iconic, enigmatic
and controversial artist of modern times. 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. This fully updated and illustrated story of Banksy's life
and career builds an intriguing 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'. 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 moreNational Treasure than edgy outsider,
who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today? This book
charts Banksy's journey from the graffiti-scrawled streets of
Barton Hill, the working class neighbourhood of Bristol where he
and others covered the walls with vibrant pieces while trying to
avoid the police, through to some of the most prestigious galleries
of the world, where his daring acts of guerilla art have forced us
to reconsider how we define as art. From the artist's own words to
recollections of friends and colleagues, this book also examines
the contradictions of Banksy's life: charting how a privately
educated boy from a middle class area of Bristol reinvented himself
as a rogue and an outlaw who would take the art world by storm.
With beautiful reproductions of some of his most controversial and
recognisable works, this detailed study is a truly indispensible
guide to understanding the ultimate art rebel whose work is no less
relevant today than it was when he first started out some thirty
years ago.
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