40 Powerful Photos Show Why Bansky Is the Spokesman of Our Generation. Banksy has become a cultural icon with his signature street art and supreme anonymity.
His creations are often effortlessly detailed or poignantly simple, appearing overnight and turning the side of a building into a canvas for personal, political and social messages. While some have tried to track down the elusive artist, they have had little success, leaving the details of Banksy's identity — and gender — up in the air.
Anglophenia. Was Tendring Council right to scrub out Banksy's Clacton seafront street art? - POLL (From Maldon and Burnham Standard) Dropbox - Street art. Dropbox - Banksy. Ils effacent un graffiti de Banksy qui valait 511.000 euros. Banksy, artiste incompris ?
La ville de Clacton-on-Sea, dans l'est de l'Angleterre, vient de faire effacer une oeuvre du grapheur, apposée sur l'un des murs de la ville. Motif ? Le dessin serait raciste, estime la municipalité, hermétique au second degré de l'oeuvre. Une hirondelle aux jolis reflets vert et bleu, juchée sur un fil, seule de son espèce, face à cinq gros pigeons gris brandissant des pancartes hostiles : "Les migrants ne sont pas bienvenus ! ", "Retourne en Afrique ! " Banksy anti-immigration birds mural in Clacton-on-Sea destroyed.