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Banksy

art

in

Brick

Lane

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End

Anticonsumerism

Theories

and

ideas

Notable

works

Organizations

and

groups

People

Diogenes

Francis

of

Assisi

JeanJacques

Rousseau

William

Godwin

Henry

David

Thoreau

John

Ruskin

Leo

Tolstoy

Peter

Kropotkin

Thorstein

Veblen

Mahatma

Gandhi

Aldous

Huxley

Theodor

W

Adorno

Herbert

Marcuse

Erich

Fromm

E

F

Schumacher

Henri

Lefebvre

Pier

Paolo

Pasolini

Jacques

Ellul

David

Riesman

John

Kenneth

Galbraith

Cornelius

Castoriadis

Fredy

Perlman

Arne

Næss

Guy

Debord

Abbie

Hoffman

Murray

Bookchin

Ivan

Illich

André

Gorz

Pierre

Bourdieu

Jacque

Fresco

Jean

Baudrillard

Zygmunt

Bauman

George

Carlin

Benjamin

Barber

Noam

Chomsky

Jürgen

Habermas

Gary

Snyder

Fredric

Jameson

Raoul

Vaneigem

Herman

Daly

Michael

Löwy

George

Ritzer

Serge

Latouche

Ted

Kaczynski

Kalle

Lasn

John

Zerzan

Jeremy

Rifkin

Al

Gore

Slavoj

Žižek

Vandana

Shiva

Bernard

Stiegler

Jigme

Singye

Wangchuck

Amy

Goodman

Jello

Biafra

Arundhati

Roy

Chuck

Palahniuk

Banksy

Naomi

Klein

Julia

Butterfly

Hill

MIA

Related

social

movements

See

also

v

t

e

Banksy

is

an

anonymous

England

based

street

artist

vandal

political

activist

and

film

director

His

satirical

street

art

and

subversive

epigrams

combine

dark

humour

with

graffiti

executed

in

a

distinctive

stenciling

technique

His

works

of

political

and

social

commentary

have

been

featured

on

streets

walls

and

bridges

of

cities

throughout

the

world

Banksys

work

grew

out

of

the

Bristol

underground

scene

which

involved

collaborations

between

artists

and

musicians

Banksy

says

that

he

was

inspired

by

a

graffiti

artist

who

later

became

a

founding

member

of

the

English

musical

group

Massive

Attack

Banksy

displays

his

art

on

publicly

visible

surfaces

such

as

walls

and

selfbuilt

physical

prop

pieces

Banksy

no

longer

sells

photographs

or

reproductions

of

his

street

graffiti

but

his

public

installations

are

regularly

resold

often

even

by

removing

the

wall

they

were

painted

on

A

small

number

of

Banksys

works

are

officially

nonpublicly

sold

through

Pest

Control

Banksys

documentary

film

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

made

its

debut

at

the

Sundance

Film

Festival

In

January

he

was

nominated

for

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Documentary

for

the

film

In

he

was

awarded

Person

of

the

Year

at

the

Webby

Awards

Contents

Personal

life

and

disputed

identity

Career

Early

career

Exhibitions

notes

to

Barely

Legal

Banksy

effect

The

Cans

Festival

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

Better

Out

Than

In

Banksy

in

Gaza

clip

Dismaland

The

Son

of

a

Migrant

from

Syria

Walled

Off

Hotel

Return

to

New

York

Balloon

Girl

Shredding

Seasons

Greetings

Cultural

icon

Other

notable

artworks

Damaged

artwork

Technique

Political

and

social

themes

Criticism

Books

See

also

Further

reading

External

links

Personal

life

and

disputed

identity

Banksys

name

and

identity

remain

unconfirmed

and

the

subject

of

speculation

In

a

interview

with

Simon

Hattenstone

of

The

Guardian

Banksy

is

described

as

white

scruffy

casual

jeans

Tshirt

a

silver

tooth

silver

chain

and

silver

earring

He

looks

like

a

cross

between

Jimmy

Nail

and

Mike

Skinner

of

the

Streets

He

began

as

an

artist

at

the

age

of

was

expelled

from

school

and

served

time

in

prison

for

petty

crime

According

to

Hattenstone

anonymity

is

vital

to

him

because

graffiti

is

illegal

For

years

in

the

late

Banksy

lived

in

Easton

Bristol

then

moved

to

London

around

He

does

all

this

and

he

stays

anonymous

I

think

thats

great

These

days

everyone

is

trying

to

be

famous

But

he

has

anonymity

Brad

Pitt

Banksy

is

believed

to

be

Robin

Gunningham

born

on

July

in

Yate

miles

km

from

Bristol

Several

of

Gunninghams

associates

and

former

schoolmates

at

the

public

Bristol

Cathedral

School

have

corroborated

this

rumour

and

in

a

study

found

that

the

incidence

of

Banksys

works

correlated

with

the

known

movements

of

Gunningham

Lawyers

representing

Banksy

commented

on

this

study

but

did

not

suggest

that

the

papers

conclusions

were

flawed

In

Banksy

checked

into

a

New

York

hotel

using

the

name

Robin

and

in

June

DJ

Goldie

referred

to

Banksy

as

Rob

There

has

been

alternate

speculation

that

Banksy

is

Robert

Del

Naja

frontman

of

the

trip

hop

band

Massive

Attack

Del

Naja

had

been

a

graffiti

artist

during

the

prior

to

forming

the

band

and

had

previously

been

identified

as

a

personal

friend

of

Banksy

Jamie

Hewlett

English

comic

book

artist

and

designer

best

known

for

the

comic

Tank

Girl

and

the

virtual

band

Gorillaz

Joanna

Brooks

Banksys

publicist

denied

this

claim

In

October

an

internet

hoax

circulated

that

Banksy

had

been

arrested

and

his

identity

revealed

Career

Stencil

on

the

waterline

of

The

Thekla

an

entertainment

boat

in

central

Bristol

wider

view

The

section

of

the

hull

with

this

picture

has

now

been

removed

and

is

on

display

at

the

M

Shed

museum

The

image

of

Death

is

based

on

a

nineteenthcentury

etching

illustrating

the

pestilence

of

The

Great

Stink

See

also

List

of

works

by

Banksy

Early

career

Banksy

started

as

a

freehand

graffiti

artist

in

as

one

of

Bristol

s

DryBreadZ

Crew

DBZ

with

two

other

artists

known

as

Kato

and

Tes

He

was

inspired

by

local

artists

and

his

work

was

part

of

the

larger

Bristol

underground

scene

with

Nick

Walker

Inkie

and

During

this

time

he

met

Bristol

photographer

Steve

Lazarides

who

began

selling

Banksys

work

later

becoming

his

agent

By

he

had

turned

to

the

art

of

stencilling

after

realising

how

much

less

time

it

took

to

complete

a

work

He

claims

he

changed

to

stencilling

while

hiding

from

the

police

under

a

rubbish

lorry

when

he

noticed

the

stencilled

serial

number

and

by

employing

this

technique

he

soon

became

more

widely

noticed

for

his

art

around

Bristol

and

London

He

was

the

goalkeeper

for

the

Easton

Cowboys

and

Cowgirls

football

team

in

the

and

toured

with

the

club

to

Mexico

in

Banksys

first

known

large

wall

mural

was

The

Mild

Mild

West

painted

in

to

cover

advertising

of

a

former

solicitors

office

on

Stokes

Croft

in

Bristol

It

depicts

a

teddy

bear

lobbing

a

Molotov

cocktail

at

three

riot

police

Banksys

stencils

feature

striking

and

humorous

images

occasionally

combined

with

slogans

The

message

is

usually

antiwar

anticapitalist

or

antiestablishment

Subjects

often

include

rats

apes

policemen

soldiers

children

and

the

elderly

In

July

one

of

Banksys

early

works

Gorilla

in

a

Pink

Mask

which

had

been

a

prominent

landmark

on

the

exterior

wall

of

a

former

social

club

in

Eastville

for

over

ten

years

was

unwittingly

painted

over

after

the

premises

became

a

Muslim

cultural

centre

Exhibitions

On

June

Banksys

first

Los

Angeles

exhibition

debuted

at

Gallery

a

tiny

Silver

Lake

venue

owned

by

Frank

Sosa

The

exhibition

entitled

Existencilism

was

curated

by

Gallery

Malathion

LAs

Chris

Vargas

Funk

Lazy

Promotions

Grace

Jehan

and

B

In

at

an

exhibition

called

Turf

War

held

in

a

London

warehouse

Banksy

painted

on

animals

At

the

time

he

gave

one

of

his

very

few

interviews

to

the

BBCs

Nigel

Wrench

Although

the

RSPCA

declared

the

conditions

suitable

an

animal

rights

activist

chained

herself

to

the

railings

in

protest

An

example

of

his

subverted

paintings

is

Monet

s

Water

Lily

Pond

adapted

to

include

urban

detritus

such

as

litter

and

a

shopping

trolley

floating

in

its

reflective

waters

another

is

Edward

Hopper

s

Nighthawks

redrawn

to

show

that

the

characters

are

looking

at

a

British

football

hooligan

dressed

only

in

his

Union

Flag

underpants

who

has

just

thrown

an

object

through

the

glass

window

of

the

cafe

These

oil

paintings

were

shown

at

a

twelveday

exhibition

in

Westbourne

Grove

London

in

Banksy

along

with

Shepard

Fairey

Dmote

and

others

created

work

at

a

warehouse

exhibition

in

Alexandria

Sydney

for

SemiPermanent

in

Approximately

people

attended

A

stencil

of

Charles

Manson

in

a

prison

suit

hitchhiking

to

anywhere

Archway

London

notes

to

Barely

Legal

In

August

Banksy

produced

a

quantity

of

spoof

British

notes

replacing

the

picture

of

the

Queens

head

with

Diana

Princess

of

Wales

s

head

and

changing

the

text

Bank

of

England

to

Banksy

of

England

Someone

threw

a

large

wad

of

these

into

a

crowd

at

Notting

Hill

Carnival

that

year

which

some

recipients

then

tried

to

spend

in

local

shops

These

notes

were

also

given

with

invitations

to

a

Santas

Ghetto

exhibition

by

Pictures

on

Walls

The

individual

notes

have

since

been

selling

on

eBay

for

about

each

A

wad

of

the

notes

were

also

thrown

over

a

fence

and

into

the

crowd

near

the

NME

signing

tent

at

the

Reading

Festival

A

limited

run

of

signed

posters

containing

ten

uncut

notes

were

also

produced

and

sold

by

Pictures

on

Walls

for

each

to

commemorate

the

death

of

Princess

Diana

One

of

these

sold

in

October

at

Bonhams

auction

house

in

London

for

There

are

crimes

that

become

innocent

and

even

glorious

through

their

splendour

number

and

excess

Banksy

In

August

Banksy

on

a

trip

to

the

Palestinian

territories

created

nine

images

on

the

Israeli

West

Bank

wall

Banksy

held

an

exhibition

called

Barely

Legal

billed

as

a

threeday

vandalised

warehouse

extravaganza

in

Los

Angeles

on

the

weekend

of

September

The

exhibition

featured

a

live

elephant

in

a

room

painted

in

a

pink

and

gold

floral

wallpaper

pattern

which

according

to

leaflets

handed

out

at

the

exhibition

was

intended

to

draw

attention

to

the

issue

of

world

poverty

Although

the

Animal

Services

Department

had

issued

a

permit

for

the

elephant

after

complaints

from

animal

rights

activists

the

elephant

appeared

unpainted

on

the

final

day

Its

owners

rejected

claims

of

mistreatment

and

said

that

the

elephant

had

done

many

many

movies

Shes

used

to

makeup

Banksy

also

made

artwork

displaying

Queen

Victoria

as

a

lesbian

and

satirical

pieces

that

incorporated

art

made

by

Andy

Warhol

and

Leonardo

da

Vinci

Banksy

effect

Naked

Man

image

by

Banksy

on

the

wall

of

a

sexual

health

clinic

in

Park

Street

Bristol

Following

popular

support

the

City

Council

has

decided

it

will

be

allowed

to

remain

wider

view

After

Christina

Aguilera

bought

an

original

of

Queen

Victoria

as

a

lesbian

and

two

prints

for

on

October

a

set

of

Kate

Moss

paintings

sold

in

Sothebys

London

for

setting

an

auction

record

for

Banksys

work

The

six

silkscreen

prints

featuring

the

model

painted

in

the

style

of

Andy

Warhol

s

Marilyn

Monroe

pictures

sold

for

five

times

their

estimated

value

Their

stencil

of

a

green

Mona

Lisa

with

real

paint

dripping

from

her

eyes

sold

for

at

the

same

auction

In

December

journalist

Max

Foster

coined

the

phrase

the

Banksy

effect

to

illustrate

how

interest

in

other

street

artists

was

growing

on

the

back

of

Banksys

success

On

February

Sothebys

auction

house

in

London

auctioned

three

works

reaching

the

highest

ever

price

for

a

Banksy

work

at

auction

over

for

Bombing

Middle

England

Two

of

his

other

graffiti

works

Balloon

Girl

and

Bomb

Hugger

sold

for

and

respectively

which

were

well

above

their

estimated

prices

The

following

days

auction

saw

a

further

three

Banksy

works

reach

soaring

prices

Ballerina

with

Action

Man

Parts

reached

Glory

sold

for

Untitled

sold

for

all

significantly

above

estimated

values

To

coincide

with

the

second

day

of

auctions

Banksy

updated

his

website

with

a

new

image

of

an

auction

house

scene

showing

people

bidding

on

a

picture

that

said

I

Cant

Believe

You

Morons

Actually

Buy

This

Shit

In

February

the

owners

of

a

house

with

a

Banksy

mural

on

the

side

in

Bristol

decided

to

sell

the

house

through

Red

Propeller

art

gallery

after

offers

fell

through

because

the

prospective

buyers

wanted

to

remove

the

mural

It

is

listed

as

a

mural

that

comes

with

a

house

attached

In

Nathan

Wellard

and

Maev

Neal

a

couple

from

Norfolk

UK

made

headlines

in

Britain

when

they

decided

to

sell

their

mobile

home

that

contains

a

mural

entitled

Fragile

Silence

done

by

Banksy

a

decade

prior

to

his

rise

to

fame

According

to

Nathan

Wellard

Banksy

had

asked

the

couple

if

he

could

use

the

side

of

their

home

as

a

large

canvas

to

which

they

agreed

In

return

for

the

canvas

the

Bristol

stencil

artist

gave

them

two

free

tickets

to

the

Glastonbury

Festival

The

mobile

home

purchased

by

the

couple

years

ago

for

GBP

is

now

being

sold

for

GBP

In

April

Transport

for

London

painted

over

Banksys

image

of

a

scene

from

Quentin

Tarantino

s

film

Pulp

Fiction

featuring

Samuel

L

Jackson

and

John

Travolta

clutching

bananas

instead

of

guns

Although

the

image

was

very

popular

Transport

for

London

claimed

that

the

graffiti

created

a

general

atmosphere

of

neglect

and

social

decay

which

in

turn

encourages

crime

and

their

staff

are

professional

cleaners

not

professional

art

critics

Banksy

painted

the

same

site

again

and

initially

the

actors

were

portrayed

as

holding

real

guns

instead

of

bananas

but

they

were

adorned

with

banana

costumes

Some

time

later

Banksy

made

a

tribute

artwork

over

this

second

Pulp

Fiction

work

The

tribute

was

for

British

graffiti

artist

Ozone

who

along

with

fellow

artist

Wants

was

hit

by

an

underground

train

in

Barking

east

London

on

January

Banksy

depicted

an

angel

wearing

a

bulletproof

vest

holding

a

skull

They

also

wrote

a

note

on

their

website

saying

Ozones

Angel

The

last

time

I

hit

this

spot

I

painted

a

crap

picture

of

two

men

in

banana

costumes

waving

hand

guns

A

few

weeks

later

a

writer

called

Ozone

completely

dogged

it

and

then

wrote

If

its

better

next

time

Ill

leave

it

in

the

bottom

corner

When

we

lost

Ozone

we

lost

a

fearless

graffiti

writer

and

as

it

turns

out

a

pretty

perceptive

art

critic

Ozone

rest

in

peace

On

April

a

new

record

high

for

the

sale

of

Banksys

work

was

set

with

the

auction

of

the

work

Space

Girl

and

Bird

fetching

around

times

the

estimate

at

Bonhams

of

London

On

May

Banksy

gained

the

award

for

Arts

Greatest

living

Briton

Banksy

as

expected

did

not

turn

up

to

collect

his

award

and

continued

with

his

anonymous

status

On

June

it

was

reported

that

Banksys

The

Drinker

had

been

stolen

In

October

most

of

his

works

offered

for

sale

at

Bonhams

auction

house

in

London

sold

for

more

than

twice

their

reserve

price

Banksys

Stonehenge

from

portable

toilets

at

the

Glastonbury

Festival

June

Banksy

has

published

a

manifesto

on

his

website

The

text

of

the

manifesto

is

credited

as

the

diary

entry

of

British

Lieutenant

Colonel

Mervin

Willett

Gonin

DSO

which

is

exhibited

in

the

Imperial

War

Museum

It

describes

how

a

shipment

of

lipstick

to

the

BergenBelsen

concentration

camp

immediately

after

its

liberation

at

the

end

of

World

War

II

helped

the

internees

regain

their

humanity

However

as

of

January

Banksys

Manifesto

has

been

replaced

with

Graffiti

Heroes

No

which

describes

Peter

Chappells

graffiti

quest

of

the

that

worked

to

free

George

Davis

from

imprisonment

By

August

he

was

relying

on

Emo

Philips

When

I

was

a

kid

I

used

to

pray

every

night

for

a

new

bicycle

Then

I

realised

God

doesnt

work

that

way

so

I

stole

one

and

prayed

for

forgiveness

A

small

number

of

Banksys

works

can

be

seen

in

the

movie

Children

of

Men

including

a

stenciled

image

of

two

policemen

kissing

and

another

stencil

of

a

child

looking

down

a

shop

Banksy

who

is

not

represented

by

any

of

the

commercial

galleries

that

sell

his

work

second

hand

including

Lazarides

Ltd

Andipa

Gallery

Bank

Robber

Dreweatts

etc

claims

that

the

exhibition

at

Vanina

Holasek

Gallery

in

New

York

City

his

first

major

exhibition

in

that

city

is

unauthorised

The

exhibition

featured

of

their

paintings

and

prints

Banksy

Swinger

in

New

Orleans

In

March

a

stencilled

graffiti

work

appeared

on

Thames

Water

tower

in

the

middle

of

the

Holland

Park

roundabout

and

it

was

widely

attributed

to

Banksy

It

was

of

a

child

painting

the

tag

Take

thisSociety

in

bright

orange

London

Borough

of

Hammersmith

and

Fulham

spokesman

Councillor

Greg

Smith

branded

the

art

as

vandalism

and

ordered

its

immediate

removal

which

was

carried

out

by

HF

council

workmen

within

three

days

In

late

August

marking

the

third

anniversary

of

Hurricane

Katrina

and

the

associated

levee

failure

disaster

Banksy

produced

a

series

of

works

in

New

Orleans

Louisiana

mostly

on

buildings

derelict

since

the

disaster

Work

on

building

in

the

Lower

Ward

of

New

Orleans

August

A

stencil

painting

attributed

to

Banksy

appeared

at

a

vacant

petrol

station

in

the

Ensley

neighbourhood

of

Birmingham

Alabama

on

August

as

Hurricane

Gustav

approached

the

New

Orleans

area

The

painting

depicting

a

hooded

member

of

the

Ku

Klux

Klan

hanging

from

a

noose

was

quickly

covered

with

black

spray

paint

and

later

removed

altogether

His

first

official

exhibition

in

New

York

City

The

Village

Pet

Store

and

Charcoal

Grill

opened

October

The

animatronic

pets

in

the

store

window

include

a

mother

hen

watching

over

her

baby

Chicken

McNuggets

as

they

peck

at

a

barbecue

sauce

packet

and

a

rabbit

putting

makeup

on

in

a

mirror

The

Westminster

City

Council

stated

in

October

that

the

work

One

Nation

Under

CCTV

painted

in

April

would

be

painted

over

as

it

was

graffiti

The

council

said

it

would

remove

any

graffiti

regardless

of

the

reputation

of

its

creator

and

specifically

stated

that

Banksy

has

no

more

right

to

paint

graffiti

than

a

child

Robert

Davis

the

chairman

of

the

council

planning

committee

told

The

Times

newspaper

If

we

condone

this

then

we

might

as

well

say

that

any

kid

with

a

spray

can

is

producing

art

The

work

was

painted

over

in

April

In

December

The

Little

Diver

a

Banksy

image

of

a

diver

in

a

duffle

coat

in

Melbourne

Australia

was

destroyed

The

image

had

been

protected

by

a

sheet

of

clear

perspex

however

silver

paint

was

poured

behind

the

protective

sheet

and

later

tagged

with

the

words

Banksy

woz

ere

The

image

was

almost

completely

obliterated

The

Cans

Festival

In

London

over

the

weekend

May

Banksy

hosted

an

exhibition

called

The

Cans

Festival

It

was

situated

on

Leake

Street

a

road

tunnel

formerly

used

by

Eurostar

underneath

London

Waterloo

station

Graffiti

artists

with

stencils

were

invited

to

join

in

and

paint

their

own

artwork

as

long

as

it

did

not

cover

anyone

elses

Banksy

invited

artists

from

around

the

world

to

exhibit

their

works

The

location

of

the

damaged

graffiti

by

Robbo

in

Camden

London

allegedly

painted

over

by

Banksy

and

subsequently

painted

over

by

Robbo

in

retaliation

In

May

Banksy

parted

company

with

agent

Steve

Lazarides

and

announced

that

Pest

Control

the

handling

service

who

act

on

his

behalf

would

be

the

only

point

of

sale

for

new

works

On

June

the

Banksy

vs

Bristol

Museum

show

opened

at

Bristol

City

Museum

and

Art

Gallery

featuring

more

than

works

of

art

including

animatronics

and

installations

it

is

his

largest

exhibition

yet

featuring

new

works

Reaction

to

the

show

was

positive

with

over

visitors

to

the

show

on

the

first

weekend

Over

the

course

of

the

twelve

weeks

the

exhibition

was

visited

over

times

In

September

a

Banksy

work

parodying

the

Royal

Family

was

partially

destroyed

by

Hackney

Council

after

they

served

an

enforcement

notice

for

graffiti

removal

to

the

former

address

of

the

property

owner

The

mural

had

been

commissioned

for

the

Blur

single

Crazy

Beat

and

the

property

owner

who

had

allowed

it

to

be

painted

was

reported

to

have

been

in

tears

when

she

saw

it

was

being

painted

over

In

December

Banksy

marked

the

end

of

the

United

Nations

Climate

Change

Conference

by

painting

four

murals

on

global

warming

One

included

the

phrase

I

dont

believe

in

global

warming

the

words

were

submerged

in

water

A

feud

and

graffiti

war

between

Banksy

and

King

Robbo

broke

out

when

Banksy

allegedly

painted

over

one

of

Robbos

tags

The

feud

has

led

to

many

of

Banksys

works

being

altered

by

graffiti

writers

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

The

world

premiere

of

the

film

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

occurred

at

the

Sundance

Film

Festival

in

Park

City

Utah

on

January

He

created

street

artworks

around

Park

City

and

Salt

Lake

City

to

tie

in

with

the

screening

In

February

The

Whitehouse

public

house

in

Liverpool

England

was

sold

for

at

auction

The

side

of

the

building

has

an

image

of

a

giant

rat

by

Banksy

In

March

the

work

Forgive

Us

Our

Trespassing

was

displayed

at

the

London

Bridge

in

conjunction

with

Art

Below

an

arts

company

that

put

on

art

shows

on

the

London

Underground

The

work

was

censored

by

the

Transport

for

London

TfL

forbidding

display

of

the

work

with

its

halo

because

of

the

prevalence

of

graffiti

in

the

underground

It

was

displayed

without

the

halo

over

the

boys

head

but

after

a

few

days

the

halo

was

repainted

by

a

graffitist

so

the

TfL

disposed

of

the

poster

This

decline

went

through

the

press

and

several

articles

were

published

remarking

on

the

progress

of

the

poster

Banksy

paints

over

the

line

between

aesthetics

and

language

then

stealthily

repaints

it

in

the

unlikeliest

of

places

His

works

whether

he

stencils

them

on

the

streets

sells

them

in

exhibitions

or

hangs

them

in

museums

on

the

sly

are

filled

with

wit

and

metaphors

that

transcend

language

barriers

Shepard

Fairey

in

Time

magazine

on

Banksys

entry

in

the

Time

list

April

In

April

to

coincide

with

the

premiere

of

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

in

San

Francisco

five

of

his

works

appeared

in

various

parts

of

the

city

Banksy

reportedly

paid

a

San

Francisco

Chinatown

building

owner

for

the

use

of

their

wall

for

one

of

his

stencils

In

May

seven

new

Banksy

works

of

art

appeared

in

Toronto

Canada

though

most

have

been

subsequently

painted

over

or

removed

In

May

to

coincide

with

the

premiere

of

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

in

Royal

Oak

Banksy

visited

the

Detroit

area

and

left

his

mark

in

several

places

in

Detroit

and

Warren

Shortly

after

his

work

depicting

a

little

boy

holding

a

can

of

red

paint

next

to

the

words

I

remember

when

all

this

was

trees

was

excavated

by

the

Nonprofit

Gallery

and

Studios

They

claim

that

they

do

not

intend

to

sell

the

work

but

plan

to

preserve

it

and

display

it

at

their

Detroit

gallery

There

was

also

an

attempted

removal

of

one

of

the

Warren

works

known

as

Diamond

Girl

In

late

January

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

was

nominated

for

a

Oscar

for

Best

Documentary

Feature

Banksy

released

a

statement

about

the

nomination

stating

This

is

a

big

surprise

I

dont

agree

with

the

concept

of

award

ceremonies

but

Im

prepared

to

make

an

exception

for

the

ones

Im

nominated

for

The

last

time

there

was

a

naked

man

covered

in

gold

paint

in

my

house

it

was

me

Leading

up

to

the

Oscars

Banksy

blanketed

Los

Angeles

with

street

art

Many

people

speculated

if

Banksy

would

show

up

at

the

Oscars

in

disguise

and

make

a

surprise

appearance

if

he

won

the

Oscar

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

did

not

win

the

award

which

went

to

Inside

Job

In

early

March

Banksy

responded

to

the

Oscars

with

an

artwork

in

WestonsuperMare

UK

of

a

little

girl

holding

the

Oscar

and

pouting

Many

people

think

that

it

is

in

reference

to

Lara

who

dropped

and

damaged

her

fathers

The

Kings

Speech

coproducer

Simon

Egan

Oscar

statue

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

was

broadcast

on

British

public

television

station

Channel

on

August

Banksy

was

also

credited

with

the

opening

couch

gag

for

the

The

Simpsons

episode

MoneyBart

depicting

people

working

in

deplorable

conditions

and

using

endangered

or

mythical

animals

to

make

both

the

episodes

celbycel

and

the

merchandise

connected

with

the

program

His

name

appears

several

times

throughout

the

episodes

opening

sequence

spraypainted

on

assorted

walls

and

signs

Fox

sanitised

parts

of

the

opening

for

taste

and

to

make

it

less

grim

In

January

Banksy

published

the

original

storyboard

on

its

website

According

to

Banksy

the

storyboard

led

to

delays

disputes

over

broadcast

standards

and

a

threatened

walk

out

by

the

animation

department

Executive

director

Al

Jean

jokingly

said

This

is

what

you

get

when

you

outsource

Banksy

art

in

Bethlehem

In

May

Banksy

released

a

lithographic

print

which

showed

a

smoking

petrol

bomb

contained

in

a

Tesco

Value

bottle

This

followed

a

long

running

campaign

by

locals

against

the

opening

of

a

Tesco

Express

supermarket

in

Banksys

home

city

of

Bristol

Violent

clashes

had

taken

place

between

police

and

demonstrators

in

the

Stokes

Croft

area

Banksy

produced

the

poster

ostensibly

to

raise

money

for

local

groups

in

the

Stokes

Croft

area

and

to

raise

money

for

the

legal

defence

of

those

arrested

during

the

riots

The

posters

were

sold

exclusively

at

the

Bristol

Anarchists

Bookfair

in

Stokes

Croft

for

each

In

December

he

unveiled

Cardinal

Sin

at

the

Walker

Art

Gallery

Liverpool

The

bust

which

replaces

a

priests

face

with

a

pixelated

effect

was

a

statement

on

the

child

abuse

scandal

in

the

Catholic

Church

In

May

his

Parachuting

Rat

painted

in

Melbourne

in

the

late

was

accidentally

destroyed

by

plumbers

installing

new

pipes

In

July

prior

to

the

Olympic

Games

Banksy

posted

photographs

of

paintings

with

an

Olympic

theme

on

his

website

but

did

not

disclose

their

location

On

February

BBC

News

reported

that

a

recent

Banksy

mural

known

as

the

Slave

Labour

mural

portraying

a

young

child

sewing

Union

Flag

bunting

created

around

the

time

of

the

Diamond

Jubilee

of

Elizabeth

II

had

been

removed

from

the

side

of

a

Poundland

store

in

Wood

Green

north

London

and

soon

appeared

for

sale

in

Fine

Art

Auctions

Miamis

catalogue

a

US

auction

site

based

in

Florida

News

of

this

has

reportedly

caused

lots

of

anger

in

the

local

community

and

is

considered

by

some

to

be

a

theft

Fine

Art

Auctions

Miami

has

rejected

claims

of

theft

saying

it

had

signed

a

contract

with

a

wellknown

collector

and

that

everything

was

above

board

despite

this

the

local

Councillor

for

Wood

Green

is

campaigning

for

the

works

return

On

the

scheduled

day

of

the

auction

Fine

Art

Auctions

Miami

announced

that

it

had

withdrawn

the

work

of

art

from

the

sale

On

May

BBC

News

reports

that

the

same

Banksy

mural

is

up

for

auction

again

in

Covent

Garden

by

the

Sincura

Group

The

auction

is

scheduled

to

take

place

in

June

It

is

expected

to

fetch

up

to

On

September

after

over

a

year

since

his

previous

piece

a

new

mural

went

up

on

their

website

along

with

the

subtitle

Better

Out

Than

In

Better

Out

Than

In

Main

article

Better

Out

Than

In

On

October

Banksy

began

a

onemonth

show

on

the

streets

of

New

York

City

for

which

he

opened

a

separate

website

and

granted

an

interview

to

The

Village

Voice

via

his

publicist

A

popup

boutique

of

about

sprayart

canvases

appeared

on

Fifth

Avenue

near

Central

Park

on

October

Tourists

were

able

to

buy

Banksy

art

for

just

each

In

a

note

posted

to

his

website

the

artist

wrote

Please

note

this

was

a

oneoff

The

stall

will

not

be

there

again

The

BBC

estimated

that

the

streetstall

art

pieces

could

be

worth

as

much

as

The

booth

was

manned

by

an

unknown

elderly

man

who

went

about

four

hours

before

making

a

sale

yawning

and

eating

lunch

as

people

strolled

by

without

a

second

glance

at

the

work

Banksy

chronicled

the

surprise

sale

in

a

video

posted

to

their

website

noting

Yesterday

I

Two

of

the

canvasses

sold

at

a

July

auction

for

It

was

reported

that

then

New

York

City

Mayor

Michael

Bloomberg

called

Banksy

a

vandal

whose

work

is

not

the

definition

of

art

and

that

the

NYPD

s

vandal

squad

was

on

the

hunt

for

Banksy

over

his

various

graffiti

art

and

installations

One

creation

was

a

fiberglass

sculpture

of

Ronald

McDonald

and

a

real

person

barefoot

and

in

ragged

clothes

shining

the

oversized

shoes

of

Ronald

McDonald

The

sculpture

was

unveiled

in

Queens

but

moved

outside

a

different

McDonalds

around

the

city

every

day

Other

works

included

a

YouTube

video

showing

what

appears

to

be

footage

of

jihadist

militants

shooting

down

an

animated

Dumbo

travelling

installations

that

toured

the

city

including

a

slaughterhouse

delivery

truck

full

of

stuffed

animals

and

a

waterfall

and

a

modified

painting

donated

to

a

charity

shop

which

was

later

sold

in

an

online

auction

for

Banksy

also

posted

a

mockup

of

a

New

York

Times

oped

attacking

the

design

of

the

One

World

Trade

Center

after

the

Times

rejected

his

submission

The

residency

in

New

York

concluded

on

October

many

of

the

pieces

though

were

either

vandalised

removed

or

stolen

Banksy

in

Gaza

clip

In

February

Banksy

published

a

video

titled

Make

this

the

year

YOU

discover

a

new

destination

about

his

trip

to

Gaza

Strip

During

the

visit

he

painted

a

few

artworks

including

a

kitten

on

the

remains

of

a

house

destroyed

by

an

Israeli

air

strike

I

wanted

to

highlight

the

destruction

in

Gaza

by

posting

photos

on

my

websitebut

on

the

internet

people

only

look

at

pictures

of

kittens

and

a

swing

hanging

off

a

watchtower

In

a

statement

to

The

New

York

Times

his

publicist

said

I

dont

want

to

take

sides

But

when

you

see

entire

suburban

neighbourhoods

reduced

to

rubble

with

no

hope

of

a

futurewhat

youre

really

looking

at

is

a

vast

outdoor

recruitment

centre

for

terrorists

And

we

should

probably

address

this

for

all

our

sakes

Dismaland

a

bemusement

park

in

WestonsuperMare

Dismaland

Main

article

Dismaland

Banksy

opened

Dismaland

a

large

scale

group

show

lampooning

Disneyland

on

August

and

permanently

closed

on

September

The

theme

park

was

located

in

WestonsuperMare

United

Kingdom

According

to

the

Dismaland

website

artists

represented

on

the

show

include

Damien

Hirst

and

Jenny

Holzer

The

Son

of

a

Migrant

from

Syria

Main

article

The

Son

of

a

Migrant

from

Syria

In

December

Banksy

created

several

murals

in

the

vicinity

of

Calais

France

including

the

socalled

Jungle

where

migrants

live

as

they

attempt

to

enter

the

United

Kingdom

One

of

the

pieces

The

Son

of

a

Migrant

from

Syria

depicts

Steve

Jobs

as

a

migrant

Walled

Off

Hotel

In

marking

the

anniversary

of

the

British

control

of

Palestine

Banksy

financed

the

creation

of

the

Walled

Off

Hotel

in

Bethlehem

This

hotel

is

open

to

the

public

and

contains

rooms

designed

by

Banksy

Sami

Musa

and

Dominique

Petrin

and

each

of

the

bedrooms

face

the

wall

It

also

houses

a

contemporary

art

gallery

Return

to

New

York

saw

Banksy

return

to

New

York

five

years

after

his

Better

Out

Than

In

residency

A

trademark

rat

running

around

the

circumference

of

a

clockface

dubbed

Rat

race

was

torn

down

by

developers

within

a

week

of

it

appearing

on

a

former

bank

building

at

West

Street

but

other

works

including

a

mural

of

imprisoned

kurdish

artist

Zehra

Doğan

on

the

famed

Bowery

Wall

and

a

series

of

others

across

Brooklyn

remain

on

display

Balloon

Girl

Shredding

Main

article

Love

is

in

the

Bin

In

October

one

of

Banksys

works

Balloon

Girl

was

sold

in

an

auction

at

Sothebys

in

London

for

However

shortly

after

the

gavel

dropped

and

it

was

sold

an

alarm

sounded

inside

of

the

picture

frame

and

the

canvas

passed

through

a

shredder

hidden

within

the

frame

partially

shredding

the

picture

Banksy

then

posted

an

image

of

the

shredding

on

Instagram

captioned

Going

going

gone

After

the

sale

the

auction

house

acknowledged

that

the

selfdestruction

of

the

work

was

a

prank

by

the

artist

The

prank

received

wide

news

coverage

around

the

world

with

one

newspaper

stating

that

it

was

quite

possibly

the

biggest

prank

in

art

history

Joey

Syer

cofounder

of

an

online

platform

facilitating

art

dealer

sales

told

the

Evening

Standard

The

auction

result

will

only

propel

this

further

and

given

the

media

attention

this

stunt

has

received

the

lucky

buyer

would

see

a

great

return

on

the

they

paid

last

night

this

is

now

part

of

art

history

in

its

shredded

state

and

wed

estimate

Banksy

has

added

at

a

minimum

to

its

value

possibly

as

high

as

being

worth

A

man

seen

filming

the

shredding

of

the

picture

during

its

auction

has

been

suggested

to

be

Banksy

Banksy

has

since

released

a

video

on

how

the

shredder

was

installed

into

the

frame

and

the

shredding

of

the

picture

explaining

that

he

had

surreptitiously

fitted

the

painting

with

the

shredder

a

few

years

previously

in

case

it

ever

went

up

for

auction

To

explain

his

rationale

for

destroying

his

own

artwork

Banksy

quoted

Picasso

The

urge

to

destroy

is

also

a

creative

urge

Although

Banksy

cited

Picasso

this

quote

is

usually

attributed

to

Mikhail

Bakunin

It

is

not

known

how

the

shredder

was

activated

Banksy

has

released

another

video

indicating

that

the

painting

was

intended

to

be

shredded

completely

The

video

shows

a

sample

painting

completely

shredded

by

the

frame

and

says

In

rehearsals

it

worked

every

time

The

woman

who

won

the

bidding

at

the

auction

decided

to

go

through

with

the

purchase

The

partially

shredded

work

has

been

given

a

new

title

Love

is

in

the

Bin

and

it

was

authenticated

by

Banksys

authentication

body

Pest

Control

Sotheby

released

a

statement

that

said

Banksy

didnt

destroy

an

artwork

in

the

auction

he

created

one

and

called

it

the

first

artwork

in

history

to

have

been

created

live

during

an

auction

Seasons

Greetings

Seasons

Greetings

was

created

by

Banksy

in

Port

Talbot

Wales

in

December

and

was

quickly

provided

with

a

temporary

protective

covering

to

prevent

vandalism

A

twosided

graffiti

piece

one

side

depicting

a

child

tasting

the

falling

snow

the

other

revealing

that

the

snow

is

in

fact

smoke

and

embers

from

a

fire

appeared

on

two

walls

of

a

steelworkers

garage

in

Port

Talbot

in

December

Banksy

then

revealed

that

the

painting

was

in

fact

his

via

an

Instagram

video

soundtracked

by

the

festive

childrens

song

Little

Snowflake

Many

fans

of

the

artist

went

to

see

the

painting

and

Plaid

Cymru

councillor

for

Aberavon

Nigel

Thomas

Hunt

stated

that

the

town

was

buzzing

with

speculation

that

the

work

was

Banksys

The

owner

of

the

garage

Ian

Lewis

said

that

he

had

lost

sleep

over

fears

that

the

image

would

be

vandalised

A

plastic

screen

partially

funded

by

Michael

Sheen

was

installed

to

protect

the

mural

but

was

attacked

by

a

drunk

halfwit

Extra

security

guards

were

subsequently

drafted

to

protect

the

graffiti

piece

Cultural

icon

There

exists

a

cultlike

following

for

the

artist

The

ambiguity

of

his

identity

has

drawn

this

group

of

followers

A

concept

the

Banksy

effect

has

developed

as

a

result

of

Banksys

artistic

innovation

This

term

is

in

reference

to

the

artists

ability

to

turn

outsider

art

into

the

cultural

mainstream

It

was

coined

to

reference

the

way

in

which

Banksys

work

has

led

to

an

increased

interest

in

street

art

Street

art

has

been

incorporated

into

being

a

part

of

culture

and

daily

life

His

work

in

turn

has

questioned

the

authenticity

of

art

and

its

creators

furthering

the

cultural

debate

that

has

existed

for

centuries

In

January

he

was

nominated

for

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Documentary

for

the

film

In

he

was

awarded

Person

of

the

Year

at

the

Webby

Awards

As

of

Banksy

was

regarded

as

a

British

cultural

icon

with

young

adults

from

abroad

naming

the

artist

among

a

group

of

people

that

they

most

associated

with

UK

culture

which

included

William

Shakespeare

Queen

Elizabeth

II

David

Beckham

The

Beatles

Charlie

Chaplin

J

K

Rowling

Elton

John

and

Adele

Other

notable

artworks

Banksy

has

claimed

responsibility

for

a

number

of

highprofile

artworks

including

the

following

At

London

Zoo

he

climbed

into

the

penguin

enclosure

and

painted

Were

bored

of

fish

in

m

letters

At

London

Zoo

he

left

the

message

I

want

out

This

place

is

too

cold

Keeper

smells

Boring

boring

boring

in

the

elephant

enclosure

In

March

he

placed

subverted

artworks

in

the

Museum

of

Modern

Art

Metropolitan

Museum

of

Art

and

American

Museum

of

Natural

History

in

Manhattan

as

well

as

the

Brooklyn

Museum

in

Brooklyn

In

May

Banksys

version

of

a

primitive

cave

painting

depicting

a

human

figure

hunting

wildlife

while

pushing

a

shopping

trolley

was

hung

in

gallery

of

the

British

Museum

London

In

August

Banksy

painted

nine

images

on

the

Israeli

West

Bank

barrier

including

an

image

of

a

ladder

going

up

and

over

the

wall

and

an

image

of

children

digging

a

hole

through

the

wall

In

October

Banksy

designed

six

station

IDs

for

Nickelodeon

In

April

Banksy

created

a

sculpture

based

on

a

crumpled

red

phone

box

with

a

pickaxe

in

its

side

apparently

bleeding

and

placed

it

in

a

side

street

in

Soho

London

It

was

later

removed

by

Westminster

Council

In

June

Banksy

created

Well

Hung

Lover

an

image

of

a

naked

man

hanging

out

of

a

bedroom

window

on

a

wall

visible

from

Park

Street

in

central

Bristol

The

image

sparked

a

heated

debate

with

the

Bristol

City

Council

leaving

it

up

to

the

public

to

decide

whether

it

should

stay

or

go

After

an

internet

discussion

in

which

of

the

people

surveyed

supported

the

stencil

the

city

council

decided

it

would

be

left

on

the

building

The

mural

was

later

defaced

with

blue

paint

In

AugustSeptember

Banksy

placed

up

to

copies

of

Paris

Hilton

s

debut

CD

Paris

in

different

UK

record

stores

with

his

own

cover

art

and

remixes

by

Danger

Mouse

Music

tracks

were

given

titles

such

as

Why

Am

I

Famous

What

Have

I

Done

and

What

Am

I

For

Several

copies

of

the

CD

were

purchased

by

the

public

before

stores

were

able

to

remove

them

some

going

on

to

be

sold

for

as

much

as

on

online

auction

websites

such

as

eBay

The

cover

art

depicted

Hilton

digitally

altered

to

appear

topless

Other

pictures

feature

her

with

her

chihuahua

Tinkerbells

head

replacing

her

own

and

one

of

her

stepping

out

of

a

luxury

car

edited

to

include

a

group

of

homeless

people

which

included

the

caption

of

success

is

just

showing

up

In

September

Banksy

dressed

an

inflatable

doll

in

the

manner

of

a

Guantanamo

Bay

detainment

camp

prisoner

orange

jumpsuit

black

hood

and

handcuffs

and

then

placed

the

figure

within

the

Big

Thunder

Mountain

Railroad

ride

at

the

Disneyland

theme

park

in

Anaheim

California

He

makes

stickers

the

Neighbourhood

Watch

subvert

and

was

responsible

for

the

cover

art

of

Blurs

album

Think

Tank

In

September

Banksy

covered

a

wall

in

Portobello

Road

with

a

French

artist

painting

graffiti

of

Banksys

name

In

July

in

the

run

up

to

the

London

Olympic

games

he

created

several

pieces

based

upon

this

event

One

included

an

image

of

an

athlete

throwing

a

missile

instead

of

a

javelin

evidently

taking

a

poke

at

the

surface

to

air

missile

sites

positioned

in

the

Stratford

area

to

defend

the

games

In

April

he

created

a

piece

in

Cheltenham

near

the

Government

Communications

Headquarters

GCHQ

headquarters

which

depicts

three

men

wearing

sunglasses

and

using

listening

devices

to

snoop

on

a

telephone

box

evidently

criticising

the

recent

Global

surveillance

disclosures

of

This

was

only

confirmed

by

Banksy

as

his

work

later

in

June

This

piece

disappeared

on

August

during

renovations

to

the

building

it

was

on

and

may

have

been

destroyed

In

June

a

ft

painting

of

a

child

with

a

stick

chasing

a

burning

tyre

was

found

in

the

Bridge

Farm

Primary

School

in

Bristol

with

a

letter

from

Banksy

thanking

the

school

for

naming

one

of

its

houses

after

him

BBC

News

reported

that

a

spokesman

for

Banksy

confirmed

that

the

artwork

was

genuine

In

the

letter

Banksy

wrote

that

if

the

members

of

the

school

did

not

like

the

painting

they

should

add

their

own

elements

In

May

Banksy

claimed

the

authorship

of

a

giant

Brexit

painted

on

a

house

in

Dover

Kent

Near

Bethlehem

The

Grin

Reaper

Show

me

the

Monet

A

reworking

of

Claude

Monet

s

Water

Lilies

showing

the

juxtaposition

between

nature

and

mankind

work

in

Dover

Brexit

by

Banksy

Damaged

artwork

Main

article

Works

by

Banksy

that

have

been

damaged

or

destroyed

Many

artworks

by

Banksy

have

been

vandalised

painted

over

or

destroyed

In

in

Melbourne

paint

was

poured

over

a

stencil

of

an

oldfashioned

diver

wearing

a

trench

coat

In

April

the

Melbourne

City

Council

reported

that

they

had

inadvertently

ordered

private

contractors

to

paint

over

a

rat

descending

in

a

parachute

adorning

the

wall

of

an

old

council

building

behind

the

Forum

Theatre

Many

works

that

make

up

the

Better

Out

Than

In

series

in

New

York

City

have

been

defaced

some

just

hours

after

the

piece

was

unveiled

At

least

one

defacement

was

identified

as

done

by

a

competing

artist

OMAR

NYC

who

spraypainted

over

Banksys

red

mylar

balloon

piece

in

Red

Hook

OMAR

NYC

also

defaced

some

of

Banksys

work

in

May

Technique

ATM

attacking

a

girl

Rosebery

Avenue

London

January

Because

of

the

secretive

nature

of

Banksys

work

and

identity

it

is

uncertain

what

techniques

he

uses

to

generate

the

images

in

the

stencils

though

it

is

assumed

he

uses

computers

for

some

images

due

to

the

photographic

quality

of

much

of

his

work

He

mentions

in

his

book

Wall

and

Piece

that

as

he

was

starting

to

do

graffiti

he

was

always

either

caught

or

could

never

finish

the

art

in

one

sitting

He

claims

he

changed

to

stencilling

while

hiding

from

the

police

under

a

rubbish

lorry

when

he

noticed

the

stencilled

serial

number

He

then

devised

a

series

of

intricate

stencils

to

minimise

time

and

overlapping

of

the

colour

There

exists

a

debate

about

the

influence

behind

his

work

Some

critics

claim

Banksy

was

influenced

by

musician

and

graffiti

artist

Another

source

credits

the

artists

work

to

resemble

that

of

French

graffiti

artist

called

Blek

le

Rat

It

is

said

that

Banksy

was

inspired

by

their

use

of

stencils

later

taking

this

visual

style

and

transforming

it

through

modern

political

and

social

pieces

Banksys

stencils

feature

striking

and

humorous

images

occasionally

combined

with

slogans

The

message

is

usually

antiwar

anticapitalist

or

antiestablishment

Subjects

often

include

rats

apes

policemen

soldiers

children

and

the

elderly

In

the

broader

art

world

stencils

are

traditionally

hand

drawn

or

printed

onto

sheets

of

acetate

or

card

before

being

cut

out

by

hand

This

technique

allows

artists

to

paint

quickly

to

protect

their

anonymity

There

is

dispute

in

the

street

art

world

over

the

legitimacy

of

stencils

with

many

artists

criticising

their

use

as

cheating

In

Banksy

created

a

piece

live

as

it

was

being

auctioned

The

piece

titled

Love

is

in

the

Bin

was

originally

the

painting

Girl

with

Balloon

before

it

was

shredded

at

Sothebys

While

the

bidding

was

going

on

a

shredder

was

activated

from

within

the

frame

and

the

piece

was

partially

shredded

thus

creating

a

new

piece

Political

and

social

themes

Shop

Until

You

Drop

in

Mayfair

London

Banksy

has

said

We

cant

do

anything

to

change

the

world

until

capitalism

crumbles

In

the

meantime

we

should

all

go

shopping

to

console

ourselves

Banksy

once

characterised

graffiti

as

a

form

of

underclass

revenge

or

guerilla

warfare

that

allows

an

individual

to

snatch

away

power

territory

and

glory

from

a

bigger

and

better

equipped

enemy

Banksy

sees

a

social

class

component

to

this

struggle

remarking

If

you

dont

own

a

train

company

then

you

go

and

paint

on

one

instead

Banksys

work

has

also

shown

a

desire

to

mock

centralised

power

hoping

that

their

work

will

show

the

public

that

although

power

does

exist

and

works

against

you

that

power

is

not

terribly

efficient

and

it

can

and

should

be

deceived

Banksys

works

have

dealt

with

various

political

and

social

themes

including

antiwar

anticonsumerism

antifascism

antiimperialism

antiauthoritarianism

anarchism

nihilism

and

existentialism

Additionally

the

components

of

the

human

condition

that

his

works

commonly

critique

are

greed

poverty

hypocrisy

boredom

despair

absurdity

and

alienation

Although

Banksys

works

usually

rely

on

visual

imagery

and

iconography

to

put

forth

their

message

Banksy

has

made

several

politically

related

comments

in

their

various

books

In

summarising

his

list

of

people

who

should

be

shot

he

listed

Fascist

thugs

religious

fundamentalists

and

people

who

write

lists

telling

you

who

should

be

shot

While

facetiously

describing

his

political

nature

Banksy

declared

that

Sometimes

I

feel

so

sick

at

the

state

of

the

world

I

cant

even

finish

my

second

apple

pie

During

the

United

Kingdom

general

election

Banksy

offered

voters

a

free

print

if

they

cast

a

ballot

against

the

Conservative

candidates

standing

in

the

Bristol

North

West

Bristol

West

North

Somerset

Thornbury

Kingswood

and

Filton

constituencies

According

to

a

note

posted

on

Banksys

website

an

emailed

photo

of

a

completed

ballot

paper

showing

it

marked

for

a

candidate

other

than

the

Conservative

candidate

would

result

in

the

voter

being

mailed

a

limited

edition

piece

of

Banksy

art

On

June

the

Avon

and

Somerset

Constabulary

announced

it

had

opened

an

investigation

into

Banksy

for

the

suspected

corrupt

practice

of

bribery

and

the

following

day

Banksy

withdrew

the

offer

stating

I

have

been

warned

by

the

Electoral

Commission

that

the

free

print

offer

will

invalidate

the

election

result

So

I

regret

to

announce

that

this

illconceived

and

legally

dubious

promotion

has

now

been

cancelled

Criticism

Peter

Gibson

a

spokesman

for

Keep

Britain

Tidy

asserts

that

Banksys

work

is

simple

vandalism

and

Diane

Shakespeare

an

official

for

the

same

organisation

was

quoted

as

saying

We

are

concerned

that

Banksys

street

art

glorifies

what

is

essentially

vandalism

In

his

column

for

The

Guardian

satirist

Charlie

Brooker

wrote

of

Banksy

his

work

looks

dazzlingly

clever

to

idiots

Banksy

has

also

been

long

criticised

for

copying

the

work

of

Blek

le

Rat

who

created

the

lifesized

stencil

technique

in

early

Paris

and

used

it

to

express

a

similar

combination

of

political

commentary

and

humorous

imagery

Blek

has

praised

Banksy

for

his

contribution

to

urban

art

but

said

in

an

interview

for

the

documentary

Graffiti

Wars

that

some

of

Banksys

more

derivative

work

makes

him

angry

saying

that

Its

difficult

to

find

a

technique

and

style

in

art

so

when

you

have

a

style

and

you

see

someone

else

is

taking

it

and

reproducing

it

you

dont

like

that

Some

have

criticised

the

obviousness

of

Banksys

work

and

accused

it

of

being

anarchylite

geared

towards

a

middle

class

hipster

audience

Much

of

this

criticism

came

forward

during

his

series

of

works

in

New

York

in

Many

New

York

street

artists

such

as

TrustoCorp

criticised

Banksy

and

much

of

his

work

was

defaced

Books

Banksy

has

published

several

books

that

contain

photographs

of

his

work

accompanied

by

his

own

writings

Banksy

Banging

Your

Head

Against

A

Brick

Wall

ISBN

Banksy

Existencilism

ISBN

Banksy

Cut

It

Out

ISBN

Banksy

Pictures

of

Walls

ISBN

Banksy

Wall

and

Piece

ISBN

Banging

Your

Head

Against

a

Brick

Wall

Existencilism

and

Cut

It

Out

were

a

part

selfpublished

series

of

small

booklets

Pictures

of

Walls

is

a

compilation

book

of

pictures

of

the

work

of

other

graffiti

artists

curated

and

selfpublished

by

Banksy

of

them

are

still

in

print

or

were

ever

printed

in

any

significant

number

Banksys

Wall

and

Piece

compiled

large

parts

of

the

images

and

writings

in

their

original

three

book

series

with

heavy

editing

and

some

new

material

It

was

intended

for

mass

print

and

published

by

Random

House

The

writings

in

their

original

three

books

had

numerous

grammatical

errors

and

his

writings

in

them

often

took

a

dark

and

angry

and

a

selfdescribed

paranoid

tone

While

the

content

of

most

of

his

writings

was

kept

in

Wall

and

Piece

the

stories

were

edited

and

generally

took

a

less

provocative

tone

and

the

grammatical

errors

were

resolved

presumably

to

make

it

suitable

for

mass

market

distribution

See

also

Biography

portal

Street

art

portal

Visual

arts

portal

Above

American

stencil

artist

with

social

and

political

themes

List

of

urban

artists

Street

installation

Banksy

Wikiquote

References

Holzwarth

Hans

W

Contemporary

Artists

AZ

Taschens

anniversary

special

ed

Köln

Taschen

p

ISBN

The

Banksy

Paradox

Sides

to

the

Worlds

Most

Infamous

Street

Artist

July

Baker

Lindsay

March

Banksy

off

the

wall

Telegraph

The

Daily

Telegraph

London

Telegraph

Media

Group

Archived

from

the

original

on

April

Retrieved

June

Frequently

Asked

Questions

Archived

from

the

original

on

January

Retrieved

August

Statement

does

not

appear

in

current

URL

only

archived

URL

Banksy

fans

fail

to

bite

at

street

art

auction

meejacomau

September

Archived

from

the

original

on

October

Retrieved

September

Loney

Abrams

How

Does

Banksy

Make

Money

Or

A

Quick

Lesson

in

Art

Market

Economics

Artspace

March

Banksy

film

to

debut

at

Sundance

BBC

News

January

Retrieved

April

Banksys

Exit

Through

the

Gift

Shop

up

for

Oscar

award

BBC

Bristol

January

Archived

from

the

original

on

April

Retrieved

May

Webby

Awards

Person

of

the

Year

Webbyawardscom

Archived

from

the

original

on

May

Retrieved

May

Hattenstone

Simon

July

Something

to

spray

The

Guardian

UK

Retrieved

January

a

b

Hines

Nico

March

The

Secret

Life

of

the

Real

Banksy

Robin

Gunningham

Retrieved

July

The

Daily

Telegraph

Property

section

London

July

page

ABC

News

March

BanksyMap

profiling

backs

theory

that

graffiti

artist

is

Robin

Gunningham

Retrieved

July

Paul

Vallely

September

Banksy

The

joker

The

Independent

Archived

from

the

original

on

Retrieved

July

Lonely

Planet

May

Great

BritainSouthwest

England

edition

PDF

p

Adams

Tim

June

BanksyThe

graffitist

goes

straight

The

Observer

London

Sherwin

Adam

March

Banksy

Geographic

profiling

proves

artist

really

is

Robin

Gunningham

according

to

scientists

Independent

Archived

from

the

original

on

March

Retrieved

March

Hauge

Michelle

V

Stevenson

Mark

D

Rossmo

D

Kim

Le

Comber

Steven

March

Tagging

Banksy

using

geographic

profiling

to

investigate

a

modern

art

mystery

Journal

of

Spatial

Science

doi

Banksy

may

abandon

commercial

art

Archived

March

at

the

Wayback

Machine

BBC

Retrieved

May

Banksy

the

artist

whos

driven

to

the

wall

Archived

August

at

the

Wayback

Machine

The

Guardian

Retrieved

May

Webb

Jonathan

March

Banksy

lawyers

delayed

geographical

profiling

study

Retrieved

April

Francis

Nick

October

I

said

to

Banksy

Dont

reveal

yourself

youre

the

Robin

Hood

dude

The

Sun

London

BBC

News

June

Did

Goldie

just

reveal

who

Banksy

is

Retrieved

July

Hinton

Patrick

September

Is

Banksy

actually

a

member

of

Massive

Attack

Mixmag

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

September

Jenkins

Nash

Is

Banksy

Actually

Massive

Attacks

Robert

Del

Naja

TIMEcom

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

September

Jaworski

Michael

September

Is

Banksy

actually

a

member

of

Massive

Attack

The

Daily

Dot

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

September

Olsen

Martine

Berg

April

Forensics

expert

believes

Banksy

is

Gorillaz

founder

Jamie

Hewlett

Metro

Retrieved

September

Alexander

Ella

October

Banksy

not

arrested

Internet

duped

by

fake

report

claiming

artists

identity

revealed

The

Independent

London

Retrieved

November

Daunton

Martin

November

Londons

Great

Stink

and

Victorian

Urban

Planning

BBC

News

Archived

from

the

original

on

January

Retrieved

January

Wright

Steve

Richard

Jones

Trevor

Wyatt

November

Banksys

Bristol

Home

Sweet

Home

Bath

Tangent

Books

p

ISBN

NIgma

fanzine

showing

examples

of

DBZ

Graffiti

tagged

by

Banksy

Kato

and

Tes

April

Archived

from

the

original

on

April

Street

art

show

comes

to

Bristol

BBC

News

February

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

August

Street

art

erupted

in

the

UK

in

the

early

active

on

the

Bristol

scene

at

that

time

included

Banksy

Nick

Walker

Inkie

and

Robert

del

Naja

or

of

Massive

Attack

Reid

Julia

February

Banksy

Hits

Out

at

Street

Art

Auctions

Sky

News

London

Archived

from

the

original

on

November

Retrieved

August

Along

with

Banksy

Bristols

graffiti

heritage

includes

who

went

on

to

form

Massive

Attack

Inkie

and

one

of

the

original

stencil

artists

Nick

Walker

Child

Andrew

January

Urban

Renewal

Steve

Lazarides

continues

to

expand

his

street

art

empire

Financial

Times

London

Archived

from

the

original

on

March

Retrieved

November

He

had

discovered

Banksy

on

a

chance

photo

shoot

in

Bristol

in

while

working

as

picture

editor

of

Sleaze

Nation

magazine

and

brought

him

to

public

attention

along

with

a

roster

of

other

urban

artists

Lazarides

and

Banksy

parted

company

in

a

mysterious

split

about

which

both

parties

have

remained

tightlipped

a

b

Banksy

Wall

and

Piece

Random

House

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

September

OnyangaOmara

Jane

September

Banksy

in

goal

The

story

of

the

Easton

Cowboys

and

Cowgirls

BBC

News

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

Retrieved

September

Banksys

mild

mild

west

piece

Stokes

Croft

Bristol

Bristolstreetartcouk

November

Archived

from

the

original

on

April

Retrieved

April

Whitewashed

Banksy

restoration

could

cost

thousands

BBC

July

Archived

from

the

original

on

July

Retrieved

July

Bates

Stephen

July

Banksys

Gorilla

in

a

Pink

Mask

is

painted

over

The

Guardian

London

Archived

from

the

original

on

July

Retrieved

July

Banksy

Existencilism

Book

Art

of

the

State

Archived

from

the

original

on

February

Retrieved

January

Banksys

Bristol

BBC

Bristol

BBC

Archived

from

the

original

on

April

Retrieved

March

Animals

sprayed

by

graffiti

artist

BBC

News

July

Archived

from

the

original

on

October

Retrieved

September

Banksy

Show

Tonight

in

London

October

Archived

from

the

original

on

November

Retrieved

September

Banksy

print

donated

to

Bristol

arts

venue

The

Cube

BBC

News

BBC

May

Archived

from

the

original

on

September

a

b

c

d

Banksy

Graffiti

A

Book

About

The

Thinking

Street

Artist

Archived

November

at

the

Wayback

Machine

by

The

Huffington

Post

August

a

b

Jones

Sam

August

Spray

can

prankster

tackles

Israels

security

barrier

The

Guardian

London

Archived

from

the

original

on

October

Retrieved

September

Oliver

Mark

September

Banksys

painted

elephant

is

illegal

say

officials

The

Guardian

UK

Archived

from

the

original

on

October

Retrieved

April

Bowes

Peter

September

Guerrilla

artist

Banksy

hits

LA

BBC

News

Archived

from

the

original

on

March

Retrieved

September

UK

Magazine

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of

the

week

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September

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from

the

original

on

March

Retrieved

April

Beard

Matthew

April

Aguilera

invests

in

Banksy

The

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UK

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from

the

original

on

September

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October

Banksy

works

set

auction

record

BBC

News

October

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from

the

original

on

February

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October

Your

World

Today

Transcript

CNN

December

Archived

from

the

original

on

July

Retrieved

April

Banksy

Effect

mentioned

near

end

British

graffiti

artist

joins

elite

in

record

sale

Reuters

February

Archived

from

the

original

on

January

Retrieved

November

Roberts

Geneviève

January

Sothebys

makes

a

killing

from

Banksys

guerrilla

artworks

The

Independent

UK

Archived

from

the

original

on

February

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January

a

b

Collins

Lauren

May

Banksy

Was

Here

The

invisible

man

of

graffiti

art

The

New

Yorker

Archived

from

the

original

on

December

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January

Free

house

as

part

of

mural

sale

BBC

News

February

Archived

from

the

original

on

February

Retrieved

February

Mobile

art

house

for

sale

BBC

News

June

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the

original

on

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Iconic

Banksy

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over

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April

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May

Retrieved

April

Addley

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January

Blood

on

the

tracks

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original

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October

Retrieved

January

Bull

Martin

Banksy

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of

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Locations

and

Photographs

in

London

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PM

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ISBN

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artist

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record

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April

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January

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Stolen

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June

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June

Hattenstone

Simon

April

But

is

it

kidnap

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the

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June

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October

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the

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a

b

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January

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December

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December

A

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from

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October

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His

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April

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must

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March

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October

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June

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June

Take

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Its

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the

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June

Thousands

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in

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June

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August

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draws

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June

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at

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December

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January

Sharpe

Laura

February

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Underground

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December

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March

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December

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April

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May

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May

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Banksy

Marks

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April

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San

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April

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Barbara Allen song From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Barbara Allen Song lyrics published 1840 in the Forget Me Not Songster Song Published 17th century earliest known Genre Broadside ballad folksong Songwriters Unknown Barbara Allen Child 84 Roud 54 is a traditional Scottish ballad it later travelled to America both orally and in print where it became a popular folk song Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud and Julia Bishop described it as far and away the most widely collected song in the English languageequally popular in England Scotland and Ireland and with hundreds of versions collected over the years in North America Contents 1 Synopsis 2 History 3 Lyrics and narrative 31 Common variations 32 American versions 4 Notable contemporary performances 5 Popular culture adaptations and references 6 7 External links Synopsis The ballad generally follows a standard plot although narrative details vary between versions A servant asks Barbara Allen to attend on his sick master She visits the bedside of the heartbroken young man who pleads for her love She refuses claiming that he had slighted her while drinking with friends he dies soon thereafter Barbara Allen later hears his funeral bells tolling stricken with grief she dies as well They are buried in the same church a rose grows from his grave a briar from hers the plants form a true lovers knot History A diary entry by Samuel Pepys on January 2 1666 contains the earliest extant reference to the song In it he recalls the fun and games at a New Years party but above all my dear Mrs Knipp whom I sang and in perfect pleasure I was to hear her sing and especially her little Scotch song of Barbary Allen From this Roud Bishop have inferred the song was popular at that time They suggested that it may have been written for stage performance as Elizabeth Knepp was a professional actress singer and dancer One 1690 broadside of the song was published in London under the title Barbara Allens cruelty or the youngmans tragedy With Barbara Allens lamentation for her unkindness to her lover and her self Additional printings were common in Britain throughout the eighteenth century The ballad was first printed in the United States in 1836 Many variations of the song continued to be printed on broadsides in the United States through the 19th and 20th centuries Throughout New England it was passed orally and spread by inclusion in songbooks and newspaper columns along with other popular ballads such as The Farmers Curst Wife and The Golden Vanity Lyrics and narrative Illustration by Eleanor FortescueBrickdale Several early complete versions of the ballad are extant Scottish poet Allan Ramsay published Bonny Barbara Allen in his TeaTable Miscellany published in 1740 Soon after Thomas Percy published two similar renditions in his 1765 collection Reliques of Ancient English Poetry under the titles Barbara Allens Cruelty and Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allen Ethnomusicologist Francis Child compiled these renditions together with several others found in the Roxburghe Ballads to create his A and B standard versions used by later scholars as a reference It was in and about the Martinmas time When the green leaves were a falling That Sir John Graeme in the west country Fell in love with Barbara Allan O Hooly hooly rose she up To the place where he was lying And when she drew the curtain by Young man I think youre dying The setting is sometimes Scarlet Town This may be a punning reference to Reading as a slipsong version c 1790 among the Madden songs at Cambridge University Library has In Reading town where I was bound London town and Dublin town are used in other versions The dying man is called Sir John Graeme in the earliest known printings American versions of the ballad often call him some variation of William James or Jimmy his last name may be specified as Grove Green Grame or another The ballad opens by establishing a festive timeframe usually stated as May Martinmas or Lammas A dialogue between the two characters follows O its Im sick and very very sick And t is a Barbara Allan O the better for me yes never be Tho your hearts blood were a spilling O dinna ye mind young man said she When ye was in the tavern a drinking That ye made the healths gae round and round And slighted Barbara Allan He turned his face unto the wall And death was with him dealing Adieu adieu my dear friends all And be kind to Barbara Allan And slowly slowly raise she up And slowly slowly left him And sighing said she coud not stay Since death of life had reft him She had not gane a mile but two When she heartd the deathbell ringing And every jow that the deathbell geid It cryd Woe to Barbara Allan O mother mother make my bed O make it saft and narrow Since my love died for me today Ill die for him tomorrow Common variations As with most folk songs Barbara Allen has been published and performed under many different titles The ballad and its heroine have in conjunction been called The Ballet of Barbara Allen Barbara Allens Cruelty Barbarous Ellen Edelin Hard Hearted Barbary Ellen Sad Ballet Of Little Johnnie Green Sir John Graham Bonny Barbara Allan Barbry Allen among others Roger Quilter wrote an arrangement in 1921 dedicated to the noted Irish baritone Frederick Ranalow who had become famous for his performance as Macheath in The Beggars Opera at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Quilter set each verse differently using countermelodies as undercurrents An octave B with a bare fifth tolls like a bell in the fourth verse A short piano interlude before the fifth verse was commented on favourably by Percy Grainger Quilter later incorporated the setting in his Arnold Book of Old Songs rededicated to his late nephew Arnold Guy Vivian and published in 1950 American versions The song often concludes with poetic motif of several stanzas describing symbolising fidelity in love even after death Standard forms of such motifs are common to several ballads including Lord Thomas and Fair Annet Lord Lovel and Fair Margaret and Sweet William Notable contemporary performances Barbara Allen sung by Hule Queen Hines recorded by John and Ruby Lomax at Florida State Prison June 4 1939 Problems playing this file See media help One of if not the earliest recordings is a 1907 performance by Joseph Taylor collected on wax cylinder by the musicologist Percy Grainger in 1907 It was digitised by the British Library and made available online in 2018 Versions of the song were recorded in the 1950s and 60s by folk revivalists including Pete Seeger Jean Ritchie and Joan Baez both released versions of it in 1961 Bob Dylan said that folk songs were highly influential on him writing in a poem that without Barbara Allen thered be no Girl From the North Country Dylan performed a live eightminute rendition in 1962 which was subsequently released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 Charles Seeger edited a collection released by The Library of Congress entitled Versions and Variants of Barbara Allen from the Archive of Folk Song as part of its series Folk Music of the United States The record compiled 30 versions of the ballad recorded from 1933 to 1954 in the United States Baritone vocalist Royal Dadmun released a version in 1922 on Victor Records The song is credited to the arrangers Eaton Faning and John Liptrot Hatton The ballad was covered as a demo version by Simon and Garfunkel on their anthology album The Columbia Studio Recordings 19641970 and a bonus track on the 2001 edition of their album Sounds of Silence as Barbriallen and by Art Garfunkel alone in 1973 on his album Angel Clare Angelo Branduardi covered this song as Barbrie Allen resp Barbriallen on his two music albums Cosi e se mi pare EP and Il Rovo e la rosa in Italian On his French EN FRANÇAIS BEST OF compilation in 2015 he sang this song in Frenchadaption written by Carla Bruni English singersongwriter Frank Turner often covers the song a cappella during live performances One rendition is included on the compilation album The Second Three Years Popular culture adaptations and references The song has been adapted and retold in numerous nonmusical venues Howard Richardson and William Berneys 1942 stage play Dark of the Moon is based on the ballad as a reference to the influence of English Irish and Scottish folktales and songs in Appalachia It was also retold as a radio drama on the program Suspense which aired October 20 1952 and was entitled The Death of Barbara Allen with Anne Baxter in the titular role A British radio play titled Barbara Allen featured Honeysuckle Weeks and Keith Barron it was written by David Pownall and premiered on BBC Radio 7 on February 16 2009 The song has also been sampled quoted and featured as a dramatic device in numerous films Tom Browns School Days 1940 Scrooge 1951 released in the US as A Christmas Carol Robin Hood Daffy 1958 Warner Brothers cartoon Parker Adderson Philosopher 1974 short film Jane Campion s Oscarwinning The Piano 1993 A Love Song for Bobby Long 2004 References Raph Theodore October 1 1986 American Song Treasury 100 Favorites Dover p 20 This folk song originated in Scotland and dates back at least to the beginning of the seventeenth century Arthur Gribben ed The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America University of Massachusetts Press March 1 1999 pg 112 a b Late Junction Never heard of Barbara Allen The worlds most collected ballad has been around for 450 years BBC Radio 3 Retrieved 20160207 a b Roud Steve Julia Bishop 2012 The New Penguin Book of Folk Songs Penguin pp 4067 9780141194615 a b Child Francis James 1965 The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 2 New York NY Dover Publications Inc pp 2769 a b Coffin Tristram P 1950 The British Traditional Ballad in North America Philadelphia PA The American Folklore Society pp 8790 Pepys Samuel Diary of Samuel Pepys Volume 41 JanuaryFebruary 166566 Project Gutenberg Pepys Diary Vol 41 English Shorttitle Catalogue Barbara Allens cruelty or the youngmans tragedy British Library Retrieved May 8 2012 Post Jennifer 2004 Music in Rural New England Lebanon NH University of New Hampshire Press pp 279 1584654155 Ramsay Allan 1740 The teatable miscellany or a collection of choice songs Scots and English In four volumes The tenth edition Internet Archive pp 3434 Retrieved 17 February 2016 Percy Thomas 1 December 2018 Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together with Some Few of Later Date FC and J Rivington via Google Books The Ballad of Barbara Allen by Anonymous PoetryFoundationorg Retrieved June 12 2013 Bonny Barbara Allan Traditional Ballads English Poetry I from Chaucer to Gray Bartlebycom Retrieved June 12 2013 a b Coffin Tristram P 1950 The British Traditional Ballad in North America Philadelphia The American Folklore Society pp 769 8790 Sauer Michelle 2008 The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry Before 1600 Infobase Publishing p 72 Retrieved 17 February 2016 Keefer Jane 2011 BarbaraBarbry Allen Ibiblio Retrieved January 16 2013 Langfield Valerie 1 December 2018 Roger Quilter His Life and Music Boydell Press via Google Books WebUK Music on the Roger QUILTER Folksongs and Partsongs NAXOS 8557495 AO Classical CD Reviews June 2005 MusicWebInternational wwwmusicwebinternationalcom Würzbach Natascha Simone M Salz 1995 Motif Index of the Child Corpus The English and Scottish Popular Ballad Gayna Walls trans Berlin and New York Walter de Gruyter pp 25 57 3110142902 Percy Graingers collection of ethnographic wax cylinders British Library 20 February 2018 Retrieved 22 February 2018 a b Percy Grainger ethnographic wax cylinders World and traditional music British Library Retrieved 22 February 2018 Wilentz Sean Marcus Greil The Rose the Briar Death Love and Liberty in the American Ballad New York London WW Norton Company pp 134 Wilentz 1938 p 1415 Versions and Variants of the Tunes of Barbara Allen Browse All Recordings Barbara Allen Take 4 19220405 National Jukebox Locgov 19220405 Retrieved 20160206 The Columbia Studio Recordings 19641970 The Official Simon Garfunkel Site Simonandgarfunkelcom Retrieved 20160206 Angelo Branduardi Cosi È Se Mi Pare Angelobranduardiit Retrieved 20160206 Michele Laurent IL ROVO E LA ROSA Angelo Branduardi Angelobranduardiit Retrieved 20160206 En français Best Of Angelo Branduardi Wmgartistscom Retrieved 20160206 Angelo Branduardi Best Of En Français CD Compilation The Second Three Years Frank Turner frankturnercom Retrieved 29 November 2018 Barabara Allen by David Pownall Radio Drama Reviewscom Archived from on December 26 2012 Retrieved June 11 2013 David Pownall Barbara Allen broadcast history BBC Online Retrieved June 11 2013 An episode of the PBS TV series The American Short Story A full version of the song is performed in this adaptation of an Ambrose Bierce story of the American Civil War Travolta Sings For Bobby Long Billboard 20041229 Retrieved 20160206 External links Wikisource has original text related to this article Bonny Barbara Allen Childs Ballads 84 Late 17thcentury English broadside printing of Barbara Allens Cruelty via the British Librarys Roxburghe collection Scan of Bonny Barbara Allen in 1904 edition of Childs English and Scottish Popular Ballads at Google Books Recording of Barbara Allen as performed by Frank Luther in 1928 at Project Gutenberg Scan of Barbara Allan broadside printed in 1855 Contemporary sheet music for one version of the song Online transcripts of Barbara Allen Recordings for the ballad are also available at the English Broadside Ballad Archive at University of California Santa Barbara v t e Francis James Child Categories American poems Bob Dylan songs British folk songs British poems Child Ballads Joan Baez songs Burl Ives songs Glen Campbell songs Jo Stafford songs Appalachian culture American folk songs 17thcentury songs Songwriter unknown

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Becky and Barnaby Bear From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia This article is about the CBeebies television series For other uses see Barnaby Bear disambiguation Becky and Barnaby Bear Becky and Barnaby Bear logo Created by Michelle Jones Starring Rebecca Nagan Dominique Jackson Tim Rose Music by Archie Brown Country of origin United Kingdom Production Executive producers Sue Nott Running time 10 min Release Original network BBC Two CBeebies Original release 2002 2005 Becky and Barnaby Bear is a live action educational television series on United Kingdom TV CBeebies for children between the ages of 0 and 5 starring Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky Barnaby and Becky and Beckys father live in the city of Chester in Cheshire Barnaby Bear is a registered trademark of the Geographical Association Barnaby helps children to learn about the world around them by showing a video diary of Barnabys adventures The series was originally shown as a part of Watch a series which aired on BBC Two from the 1980s to the early 2000s The three main characters are Barnaby Bear Rebecca Nagan Becky Dominique Jackson Beckys father he is never seen A typical episode begins with Barnaby telling Becky about his latest adventure which is illustrated by a video diary For some episodes eg Chester Zoo Becky and Barnaby will visit the place together Episodes Barnaby Bear to the Rescue Barnaby climbs Moel Famau a mountain in North Wales with his father During the trip Barnaby helps to save a girl who has fallen and injured her leg using the knowledge he has been given by a park warden Barnaby Bears Edinburgh Diary Barnaby and his mum visit Edinburgh and travel around the city sightseeing Barnaby on a Monster Hunt Barnaby and Becky visit Loch Ness Barnaby on a Steam Train Barnaby and Becky travel Ffestiniog Steam Railway where Barnaby loses his toy train and Becky helps him find it The River Thames Barnaby spends the night camping on an island in the River Thames with his father The next day he travels into London and visits the London Eye Barnaby on the Farm Barnaby and Becky stay on a farm in Wales where they help the farmer The Legendary Trip Becky and Barnaby Bear visit Caernarfon Castle with Barnabys father Barnaby wants to pretend to be a king with Becky as his Queen Barnaby Bear and the Badgers Barnaby goes badger watching in the New Forest Fairy Footprints Barnaby and Becky go on a ramble with Barnabys father to Fairy Hill Barnaby goes to Norway Barnaby visits penpals in Skarsvag and later travels with them to watch the Midnight sun at the North Cape Barnaby Bear Goes to Dublin Barnaby visits the city of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland Since he is only going for a few days he flies rather than going by ferry Once in Dublin he visits a number of the citys attractions including the Smithfield Chimney He finds that making a simple map helps him get around and that there are many ways to travel around the City He goes on a bus tour of the city and goes on the DART Finally he goes Irish dancing Barnaby at the Seaside Barnaby goes to Poole in Dorset While there he learns about the various flags which are used to indicate sea conditions and alerts the RNLI to a group of children who need help when their inflatable boat gets in trouble Barnaby Bear Goes to Brittany Barnaby visits Roscoff in Brittany Beckys New Friends Barnaby arranges to meet Becky at Chester Zoo but Becky has forgotten and has gone to feed the penguins Flying at The Fair Barnaby and Becky visit Drayton Manor Theme Park Before they arrive Barnaby tells Becky that he wants to go on the Ferris wheel ride ten times however when he sees it he becomes frightened and puts it off by going on the merrygoround Becky keeps suggesting rides which are scary but instead Barnaby goes on a hoopla sideshow where Barnabys mother wins a toy bear Becky keeps a place for Barnaby on the flying elephant ride but Barnaby wont go on it Becky tries to chivvy Barnaby onto the big wheel but instead he goes on a strongman sideshow where he hits the attendant on the foot by accident with the hammer Again Mrs Bear wins a prize Finally Barnaby admits to being scared of falling out of the big wheel but after wishing he was a balloon he decides to go on the Big Wheel with Becky Barnaby at the Aquarium Barnaby and Becky visit the London Aquarium where Barnaby lays a trail of clues for Beckys birthday Barnaby Bear Finds out about the Environment Barnaby Bear gets to grips with recycling both at home and at the local recycling centre where he finds out more about the three Rs reduce reuse recycle He also takes care of the environment when he helps his friends make a local park look lovely again Barnaby Bear Finds out about Food When the Cooking Bus comes to school Barnaby and his friends get some extra help with their menu for the school picnic On board Barnaby finds out more about the food he eats and whats in it and how to make a vegetable kebab Later he visits a local allotment to find out about growing fruit and vegetables Barnaby Bear Goes to the Orkney Islands Barnaby and his mum go to stay with friends who live on a farm on Papa Westray He explores the farm and watches sheep shearing He then goes on a tour of Papay and finds out what it is like to live on a small island He sees the ferry arrive with the islands food and fuel gets to hold a lobster looks for seals and finds out what can be washed ashore as he helps clean up the beach Tocuaro A Mexican Village Barnaby and his Mexican pen friend visit a Mexican village Mexico City Barnaby visits his penfriend in Mexico City to learn about the citys pollution Barnaby Bear in Chester Barnaby visits the Roman city of Chester He explores the Romans reasons for settling in the city He learns why they built a wall around the city He meets a Roman who explains that the walls were built to keep the Welsh out and protect the city Barnaby also visits the race course the site of the Roman harbour He goes to the Eastgate Street clock and looks at the pedestrian areas He looks at the unusual shop designs in Chester visiting the Tudor Rows Barnaby also goes to a cheese shop and has a taste He listens to the town crier who explains his important job Some of the episodes were never aired under the Watch banner Series 1 as broadcast under Watch contained the episodes Barnaby goes to Dublin Barnaby goes to the seaside Barnaby goes to Brittany Barnaby and the badgers Series 2 Barnaby to the rescue Barnaby Bear goes to Norway Barnaby Bears Edinburgh diary Barnaby Bear goes to the River Thames Series 3 Mexico City Tocuaro The Orkney Islands Barnaby Bear in Chester Series 4 Getting Active Food The Environment Beckys new friends References Geographical Association Barnaby Bear Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine External links CBeebies Barnaby Bear for children at bbccouk CBeebies Barnaby Bear for grown ups at bbccouk Official Barnaby Bear website Geographical Association page for Barnaby Bear Becky and Barnaby Bear on IMDb v t e Teddy bears Categories BBC childrens television programmes Preschool education television series Television programs featuring puppetry 2002 British television programme debuts 2005 British television programme endings 2000s British childrens television series

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