Artist you should know 3

Name: Unknown
Age: unknown
D.O.B.: maybe 1974
Hometown: Maybe Southwest England


Alias: Banksy

Yep that's right little is known about the personal life of Banksy. But it is certain that he a British Graffiti artist, and a badass one at that....


So What does he do? Banksy makes these magnificent graffiti pieces full of satire and political satire. It's difficult to buy his work and his personal really is a mystery, I can't say anything else about his life. He publishes his own books and is a HUGE influence on the underground British Art Scene.

from wikipedia - In 2003 in a show called "Turf War", held in a warehouse, Banksy painted on animals. Although the RSPCA declared the conditions suitable, an animal rights activist chained herself to the railings in protest.^[16] He later moved on to producing subverted paintings; one example is Monet's Water Lily Pond, adapted to include urban detritus such as litter and a shopping trolley floating in its reflective waters; another is Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, redrawn to show that the characters are looking at a British football hooligan, dressed only in his Union Flag underpants, who has just thrown an object through the glass window of the cafe. These oil paintings were shown at a twelve day exhibition in Westbourne Grove, London in 2005.^[17]

This is confirmed true on several notes I've read about the incident.