My favorite Banksy art work so far

Banksy's Work

I love simple stenciling work like this as he uses structures and objects that are already present, Banksy has used his usual stenciling technique for this piece. All the small detail he puts in gives you all the information about the piece you need, they are two Japanese geisha  girls meeting on what looks like a typical arched bridge you would find in Japan. He also puts a bonsai tree in the image as well to give you more of an idea of where it is meant to be, the umbrella and the bustle on the back of the kimono are also a give away though.
Banksy very rarely uses colour  in his graffiti work and this piece is no different, but by using the surrounding structures and putting enough detail in his stencil you can easily make out the image; Banksy's signature style.

This is a stenciled image of Banksy himself throwing a bouquet of flowers. This is perhaps one of his most famous or infamous pieces, there have been a lot of re-makes of this image with Banksy throwing different objects but this is the original piece. As you would expect he has stuck to his effective stencil technique. To me this piece is saying something like take your apology/thank you back, as a bouquet of flowers is what you give someone if your trying to apologise or saying thank you. Yet again Banksy uses only black. 

I really liked this piece from Banksy as at the first glance of it I thought 'ok a beggar in the street, nothing much too look at' but as I looked closer I realised it's not as simple as I first thought. The man in the picture is not a beggar and is not homeless he is simply trying to get a message across, that message being he doesn't need coins; money he wants change; change in society. This is a very effective way of catching peoples attention and drawing them to look at the art and think about it. I like the way he has used an image that most of us probably see almost everyday (beggar) and manipulated the image using meaningful words, which gives it a kind of double effect.

This is a painting done by Banksy which is meant to be a football hooligan smashing a cafe window with a deck chair. I'm not too sure what the message behind the image is but the people in the cafe don't look very frightened by his actions. After a bit of research I found out that this is a re-make of an Edward Hopper piece called NightHawks and Banksy has manipulated it and given it a more urban feel. I think this shows that Banksy is very capable of doing a realistic life painting on a large scale, it seems there is no end to his talents.

welcome

This is my blog about graffiti art. I have always had a strong interest in graffiti art ever since I was a young boy, I remember being on a bus in Glasgow when I was about ten years old and looking out the window (as childern uasually do on buses) and seeing an image of a police officer spray painted on an old abandoned block of flats and thinking 'That would be great to be able to do amazing works of art like that, and everyone would see it'. Ever since then I had been doodling on my maths jotters and creating small pictures, most of them graffiti related, therefor it is one of my goals in life to become a graffiti artist!

These art a couple of images I liked



This is a canvas made by a very infamous graffiti artist called Banksy, most of  Banksy's work is anti establishment and poverty related, I am a big fan of his work and the messages behind most of them and this is on artist who has inspired me.



This is a extremely well put together pice of art and I think is one of the best graffiti arts in Glasgow!

Banksy short biography

Graffiti Artist

Banksy first started out as a freehand graffiti artist in 1990 as part of a crew called 'DryBreadz' with two other artists called Kato and Tes. Banksy then went on to work with a bigger Bristol based underground scene as that is where banksy was from, I think. He began working with a photographer called Steve Lazarides who then went on to become Banksys agent. From the beginning Banksy used stenciling as part of his freehand pieces. He turned to the art of stenciling after realizing how much easier it was and how faster it was to complete his work, Banksy claims that he came to realize this when he was hiding from the police under a rubbish lorry and seeing a number stenciled on the bottom of it. By adopting this technique he then went on to become more widely known over Bristol and London, due the difference and speed at which he could work.

Banksy used very striking images which usually contain messages such as anti-war, anti-establishment and anti-capitalism, his images also sometimes contain slogans, some humorous and strong views.
Banksy had his first Art exhibition in LA in 1992, his next was called Turf War which was held in a warehouse in .

Since then Banksy has become the most famous Graffiti Artist to date and has sold artworks for up to $300,000 and has works all over the world.

Banksy has been very careful about giving his true identity but it is believed that his real name if in fact Robert or Robin Banks although no one really knows for certain.  It is probably best that no one knows his real identity otherwise he would be given a heavy jail sentence and sued for all his money.

Here are a few of banksy's small canvas works where he has used stencils 

 This was all Banksys original work and the sales person who had these at his stall had no clue of the potential value of these pieces.

People bought these artworks for more or less penny's

















 This was a real elephant that he painted as wallpaper.

This is so true, there are at least one cctv camera for every fourteen people in Britain.

I like art pieces like this one which are simple and have good meaning. thisis a young boy holding a sign saying 'Society gets the vandalism it deserves' which I think is very accurate.