Wednesday, October 15, 2008

artist alert: banksy



banksy is an anonymous street artist. his work has started to receive worldwide recognition. most consider banksy the leader of the guerilla art movement. his work is a combination of stencil and standard painting techniques. i especially find it interesting what he said about his recent trip to new orleans.

------when he arrived in new orleans he took a taxi from the airport into the city. while driving he noticed that the neighborhood was in pretty bad shape. he made a comment to the cab driver about hurricane katrina saying that the area looked quit damaged. the cab driver answered by explaining that the neighborhood they were in was untouched by katrina. it had always been like that.

sad!!!!!!!!

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

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