Lecturer: Raymond Warburton
Banksy is British, out of Bristol, and emerged in the 1990s with a stencil-based approach to street art. His work pops up in the most surprising places. Most memorable are large rodents, girls with balloons and flower-throwing freedom fighters. Some see Banksy as a prankster but with increasingly serious cultural or socio-political points to make. The picture that shredded itself at Sotheby’s in 2018 is a good example. His installations and graffiti in Gaza and on or near the West Bank Wall are another. Surprisingly, Banksy remains, anonymous to the general public, despite his popularity.
