The Robin Hood of Art - Banksy
Girl with Balloon by Banksy Banksy … what? Banksy the internationally known artist…uh…unknown artist, graffiti master, activist, painter, filmmaker and all-purpose rabble-rouser that has a magnificent talent for sizzling the senses. His amazing works of art randomly appear upon buildings, walls and other things, cleverly created and exceptionally thought provoking. His stealthy work is quickly deposited with one eye on the canvas and one eye over his shoulder taking a cautious watch for authorities. Some say Banksy is a vandal, defacing public property with his graffiti, but I say he’s a brilliant purveyor of visual stimuli. I admire his thoughts on advertising and feel this speaks volumes about today's talented artists being sucked into commercialism which cheapens their god given gift of creativity. The thing I hate most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our art