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Bansky  Analysis    

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Banksy  is  a  pseudonymous  England-­‐based  graffi7  ar7st,  poli7cal  ac7vist,  film  director,  and  painter.  Banksy's  work  was  born  of  the  Bristol  underground  scene  which  involved  collabora7ons  between  ar7sts  and  musicians.  According  to  author  and  graphic  designer  Tristan  Manco  and  the  book  Home  Sweet  Home,  Banksy  "was  born  in  1974  and  raised  in  Bristol,  England.  The  son  of  a  photocopier  technician,  he  trained  as  a  butcher  but  became  involved  in  graffi7  during  the  great  Bristol  aerosol  boom  of  the  late  1980s.”Observers  have  noted  that  his  style  is  similar  to  Blek  le  Rat,  who  began  to  work  with  stencils  in  1981  in  Paris,  and  members  of  the  anarcho-­‐punk  band  Crass,  which  maintained  a  graffi7  stencil  campaign  on  the  London  Tube  System  in  the  late  1970s  and  early  1980s.  However  Banksy  himself  stated  on  his  website  that  in  all  actuality  he  based  his  work  on  that  of  3D  from  Massive  AUack,  sta7ng,  "No,  I  copied  3D  from  Massive  AUack.    I  chose  to  look  at  the  work  of  Banksy,  because  I  wanted  to  study  an  illustrator  that  would  help  me  to  create  a  contemporary  feel  to  my  book  cover  designs  as  well  as  someone  who  help  me  to  create  strong  composi7ons  by  puXng  together  a  range  of  ides  and  images  I  like  the  way  he  combines  bold  contemporary  colours  and  old  black  and  white  stencils.  He  uses  a  limited  range  of  colour  and  balances  her  compos77ons  effec7vlely.