Banksy's real name is...

[Greenlizard0]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/te...et=2&&sectionName=Sport&randnum=1216079083924...

Hopefully that works. I always liked his work but the fact that nobody knew who he was certainly gave him a bit of publicity in getting what he wanted to say/paint across.

Hopefully this doesn't mean he'll stop doing contraversial things now.

 

[Gilly]

It does work

 

[nikebee]

I'm a little ashamed to say I've never heard of him, but a quite search and looking in that link, some of his work is incredibly good.

 

[Neoni]

Hes Brilliant!

 

[J1234]

Heard about this yesterday.

Shame really, as it was always good when he was anonymous.

 

[shifty_uk]

There's a few photos of him floating around aswell.

 

[Dev2]

I got a book on Banksy, great buy.

 

[Vixen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7504132.stm

I read about this yesterday, and according to BBC News, it hasn't actually been confirmed at all.

 

[seth]

I love in the book how it basically laughs at you for buying it, and the police quote they got for it. "you arent getting any quote from us" or something like that.
Its nearly a surreal experience when you see a banksy on a wall in london and recognise it straight off as one of his pieces.

 

[Grrrrr]

I love his work, who he is doesn't really matter to me. I wish i had a spare £45, this is my favourite piece of his and the item looks really good quality.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOMB-HUGGER-B...ryZ20147QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Closely followed by this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....39&ih=018&category=20147&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1

 

[GarethDW]

Heard about this yesterday.

Shame really, as it was always good when he was anonymous.

Yep, my thoughts too.

I don't see what benefit there is in naming him, so (assuming it hasn't just been made up by the press) they should've kept it quiet if they do know his identity.

 

[GarethDW]

I love his work, who he is doesn't really matter to me. I wish i had a spare £45, this is my favourite piece of his and the item looks really good quality.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOMB-HUGGER-B...ryZ20147QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wonder if that's a licensed print or just someone looking to make money from flogging copies of someone else's work.

 

[Dreadi]

I wonder if that's a licensed print or just someone looking to make money from flogging copies of someone else's work.

probably the latter. sod buying prints, if you want one, make you own stencil of it and do it yourself.

 

[POB]

I must have been within a meter of him once,

BBC news quotes:

But the artist is also renowned for his audacious stunts - such as leaving a life-size replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee at Disneyland in 2006.

This was in the Californian one and I saw it happen.

 

[Greenlizard0]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7504132.stm

I read about this yesterday, and according to BBC News, it hasn't actually been confirmed at all.

Oops you're right. And the story the thread was based on was by the Daily Mail. Arrggghhh....thank god the football season starts kicking off tomorrow!!

 

[Rhys]

EDIT - NB - I just googled banksy and got these images. The newspaper is from 2004. Also his nickname makes sense as his real name is Robin.

 

[platypus]

Never rated any of his work. The only reason he got any fame from it was due to the locations.

 

[seth]

Location, location, location.

 

[Tombo]

Art terrorism?

 

[Janesy B]

Excellent artist, anyone who says anything else is a 'tard. His political and social observations place his work any higher than any other crap modern artist