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Suspect: Identity unconfirmed. Real Name: Unknown Height: Unknown Age: Unknown . Known aliases:. Robert Gunningham Robden Gunningham Robin Gunningham Robin Banks? Banksy. They call him the brilliant man with a paint can. . ~’ cept the police. . Suspect: Banksy.
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Suspect: Identity unconfirmed Real Name: Unknown Height: Unknown Age: Unknown
Known aliases: • Robert Gunningham • RobdenGunningham • Robin Gunningham • Robin Banks? • Banksy
They call him the brilliant man with a paint can. ~’cept the police.
Suspect: Banksy Place of Birth: Bristol England (Southwestern part of England, 118 Miles west of London) Population: 421,300
RAPSHEET • Vandalism • Social and Political Activism • Upsetting the established order in his home town • Continuous acts of Guerrilla street art
"People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care." — Banksy (Wall and Piece)
Has been know for… • Dark humor • Satire in his Art • Anti-governmental Complacency • The evil, Stupidity and arrogance of political and state violence
"There are no exceptions to the rule that everyone thinks they're an exception to the rule." ~Banksy
Preferred medium of choice Spray cans and stencils
"People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly." — Banksy
"I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence." — Banksy (Wall and Piece)
"Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal." — Banksy (Wall and Piece)
"If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model." — Banksy (Wall and Piece)
"I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said 'that's clever it's ananagram of art' and I had to pretend I'd known that all along." — Banksy (Wall and Piece)
"The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.“ — Banksy
"Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s atool; "I'll meet you in that pub, you know, the one opposite that wall with a picture of amonkey holding a chainsaw". I mean, how much more useful can a painting be than that?" — Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall)
Ye ole book by banksy For guy who has the same social status as Batman…he makes bank