Banksy is now #1 of contemporary street art. Controversy definetly has arisen from his anynonimity and the disagreement between defining his work as vandalism or art. Pioneer of stencil street art, his name is the most recognized in this style.
His real name is not known(it was believed to be Robin Banks, but it's not proven), and he does street art mainly in London, UK.
He's had legal trouble because he once walked into the Louvre in Paris in 2004 and posted his own version of the Mona Lisa with a smiley face.
A 'vandalized' Bansky:
He also created his own version of Stonege in June 2007 with portable toilets at Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK:
Now he does work all over the world. I think the youth of London can relate very well to the anger of his works. It certaintly arises a feeling for some kind of angry activism that maybe it's dormant right now in our generation. It's like they're almost trying to wake up a regular morning walker from the apathy towards life that they've developed throughout the years. All I can say is that they're working for me. I'm wide awake.
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