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Wall and Piece

Banksy

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 3.85 | 198903 Users | 836 Reviews

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Title	:	Wall and Piece
Author	:	Banksy
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	2006 by Century (first published March 7th 1988)
Categories	:	Art. Nonfiction. Politics. Street Art. Photography. Art Design. Design

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Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his work at London's Tate Gallery and adorned Israel's West Bank barrier with satirical images. Banksy's identity remains unknown, but his work is unmistakable with prints selling for as much as $45,000.

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Original Title:	Wall and Piece
ISBN:	1844137872 (ISBN13: 9781844137879)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.85 From 198903 Users | 836 Reviews

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Provocative and clever, but I would argue ultimately vapid. Something like an underground cultural icon for urban youth today. I only see three basic techniques or themes in his methods:Irony. Soldiers painting peace signs, zoo monkeys holding homeless signs, traffic signs warning of more (or less) serious things. They're all clever enough, but ultimately just artifacts of a stagnant, consumerist generation that's well aware of its stagnation and consumerism. Like television commercials that

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Thought provoking and powerful - a tour de force of the absurdity that has become institutionalized in our modern world.

Banksy is clever without being deep, adventurous without being ground-breaking, and quite possibly the best known visual artist active in the world without being extremely talented. He's against the global soulless corporate machine, but his art is by nature a quick hit, the artistic equivalent of a Big Mac. It's incredibly refreshing and accessible and it's art that actually means something. In a wander through a museum like the MoMA or the Tate Modern, you see some interesting designs, the

Added later: I found it quite moving, his description of being drawn to graffiti the outside of the walls imprisoning the Palestinians and being told off in no uncertain terms by the inhabitants. To beautify the walls is to insult them. Of course. Obvious when you think of it.----------------------------------------I'm loving this, of course. And it's not that I disagree, exactly, with his messages, but a dominant one is this idea that The people who truly deface our neighbourhoods are the

I love Banksy's artwork, and this was collection displays it very well. He's a brilliant man with a paint can, and a clever writer as well. I would recommend this book to anyone not familiar with his work. A few quotes of his I enjoyed were:Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules--it's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.A

Disclaimer: Haters are not cool. I'm not 'hating' Banksy because it's the hipster thing to do (go grab an art school undergrad, you'll see what I mean). One problem with reviewing solo-artist art book is that you can't avoid talking about the actual artist, so here it is. I can't even be bothered to write about graphics. I mean, surely you're only considering buying this book because of the guy not the pretty layout right?