BANKSY

This monograph gathers and presents the largest assemblage in one volume about the life work and ideas of Banksy the world s most discussed artist of recent decades Featuring hundreds of works Girl with Balloon Mickey Snake Dismaland Love is in the Air Barcode Monkey Queen the book includes reproductions of paintings serigraphs and stencils The most iconic works are here but so too are numerous installation objects and a selection of memorabilia all with the official approval of Pest Control the group that manages all things Banksy Banksy is considered the world s greatest practitioner of street art at work today His work has always implied political critiques of inequality injustice discrimination consumerism pollution and the establishment But Banksy is a ghost no one knows his identity He is an exemplary case of fame and notoriety built upon absence anonymity and the denial of one s explicit contribution to the public debate if not in terms of creative activism Banksy s relationship with the art market is also complex at the same time mocking distant and hostile and yet all he does is based upon a marketing logic that has proven to be among the most effective ever attempted In short an apparent or real contradiction betwe