Streetart Inspiration Part 1: Banksy

by aloa | May 15, 2008

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Banksy is an awesome street-artists from Bristol* (England) and probably the most loved/hated. Im in love with his artworks since i bought his book "wall and piece". Check out the great stencil art he does all over the world.

* Thanks to Abduzeedo-user "Simon" for recognizing the mistake.

CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) are the surveillance systems that often are seen in London. And now recognize that Banksy painted this pictures right next to one of these cameras.

Streetart Inspiration Part 1: Banksy

Check out his portfolio http://banksy.co.uk/

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Hi I'm Alexis Papageorgiou a 19 years old german/greek student from Hamburg, Germany. I love and do design, movies and music and hope you can recognize this in my articles. You can contact me anyytime at aloa[at]abduzeedo.com .

Roger 05/15/2008

I love Banksy and his streetwork, absolutely great!

Rob 05/15/2008

Got the 2nd to last one, hanging on my wall right next to me :)

Mihai 05/15/2008

Wow , and the indoor works are also great! Great creativity and a lot of feelings in his works.

Markus Nielsen 05/15/2008

Wow, what a fantasy ;O!

prod 05/15/2008

absolutely amazing! so glad to see one of my favorite reads doing a piece on banksy.
the guy is fantastic and his art seems to speak to so many, with so little.

a+ post, thank you!

Simon 05/15/2008

I don't mean to be picky but Banksy is actually from Bristol in the South West of England. There's alot of his work around Bristol, and his name used to be the first thing you used to see when driving into Bristol via the Motorway (the M32).

Actually I think I heard he was from Yate, which is essentially a suburb a few miles outside of Bristol, as that's where his first work is found. I'd recommend picking up the book "Banksy's Bristol" which showcases some of his work in the area.

Either way, I think some of the stencil work he does is fantastic, I'm a huge fan.

Dy™ 05/16/2008

this is cool
its really great! :P

BogDinamita 05/16/2008

wow I love that freak!

jayhan 05/16/2008

Banksy is my most favorite stencil graffiti artist, his works are truely awesome and the visuals are with strong and sarcastic message. Great sense of humor and great sense of space manipulation too.

JOAO 05/16/2008

I have to try to do something like this in my country!
Great inspiration!

Phil 05/20/2008

I'd highly recommend getting a copy of Banksy's book, Wall and Piece.
ISBN-10:1844137872

Great for the coffee table!

oyunlar 10/14/2008

Thank You very nice topic

cicicocuk 12/25/2008

Nice work ,great collection. Thanks for the share.

alanbernard 01/20/2009

Nice Banksy article. I run a street art site myself, and my first article was on Banksy... http://alanbernard.com/mayhem/art/banksy/

I've also done interviews with other artists and so forth, like Jon Burgerman, Logan Hicks and Meggs. Do drop by and check it out, if you have the time mate. :)

Alan bernard