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Banksy loses battle with greetings card firm over 'flower bomber' trademark". BBC News. 17 September 2020 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded that his forename is Robbie. [16] The Mail on Sunday claimed in 2008 that Banksy is Robin Gunningham, [17] born on 28 July 1974 in Yate, 12 miles (19km) from Bristol. [18] [19] [13] Several of Gunningham's associates and former schoolmates at Bristol Cathedral School have corroborated this, and, in 2016, a study by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London using geographic profiling found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham. [20] [21] [22] [23] According to The Sunday Times, Gunningham began employing the name Robin Banks, which eventually became Banksy. Two cassette sleeves featuring his art work from 1993, for the Bristol band Mother Samosa, exist with his signature. [24] Alexander, Ella (20 October 2014). "Banksy not arrested: Internet duped by fake report claiming artist's identity revealed". The Independent. London . Retrieved 1 May 2020. In June 2006, Banksy created Well Hung Lover, an image of a naked man hanging out of a bedroom window on a wall visible from Park Street in central Bristol. The image sparked "a heated debate", [199] with the Bristol City Council leaving it up to the public to decide whether it should stay or go. [200] After an internet discussion in which 97% of the 500 people surveyed supported the stencil, the city council decided it would be left on the building. [199] The mural was later defaced with blue paint. [201] What is Pest Control?". Pest Control Office. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009 . Retrieved 23 May 2009.

The story Disneyland doesn't want you to know". 8 September 2006. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006 . Retrieved 19 September 2006. A message from Banksy's lawyer". Archived from the original on 26 October 2010 . Retrieved 28 October 2010. In 2010, Banksy's oeuvre expanded into filmmaking after he employed aspiring street artist Thierry Guetta as an assistant and documentarian on several visits to Los Angeles. He encouraged Guetta to pursue making art, which he did, closely following Banksy's example to ultimately become the branded graffiti artist Mr. Brainwash. This journey became the focus of Banksy's 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, which was nominated for an Oscar. Banksy released a statement about the nomination saying: "This is a big surprise... I don't agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I'm prepared to make an exception for the ones I'm nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me." British graffiti artist joins elite in record sale". Reuters. 7 February 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009 . Retrieved 8 November 2008.

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He tells Gordon, who has since retired: "I'm disguised because you can't really be a graffiti writer and then go public. "The two things don't quite go together." Names in the frame - who is Banksy? On 21 May 2007 Banksy gained the award for Art's Greatest living Briton. Banksy, as expected, did not turn up to collect his award and continued with his anonymous status. Banksy is now a world-famous artist, whose work has sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. But once, he was just another kid on the streets of Bristol with a can of spray paint in his hands. As a result, some of his earliest work is hidden around the city, and spotting it is an absolute must for fans of his work.

A collective of artists - Another theory is that Banksy is not one person but a team of street artists. In 2016, Scottish journalist Craig Williams claimed that Del Naja was a member of the group. Banksy's work has also critiqued the environmental impacts of big businesses. When speaking about his 2005 work Show me the Monet, Banksy explained: Hattenstone, Simon (17 July 2003). "Something to spray". The Guardian. UK . Retrieved 29 January 2018.Sherwin, Adam (3 March 2016). "Banksy: Geographic profiling 'proves' artist really is Robin Gunningham, according to scientists". Independent. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 March 2016. Hamburger, Jay (2 April 2014). "Banksy piece in Park City, vandal's target, painstakingly restored". Park Record. Park City, Utah. Archived from the original on 22 November 2023 . Retrieved 22 November 2023.

In May 2010, seven new Banksy works of art appeared in Toronto, Canada, [104] though most have been subsequently painted over or removed. In late August 2008, marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the associated levee failure disaster, Banksy produced a series of works in New Orleans, Louisiana, mostly on buildings derelict since the disaster. [80] Work on building in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, August 2008

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In August 2020, it was revealed that Banksy had privately funded a rescue boat to save refugees at risk in the Mediterranean Sea. The former French Navy boat, renamed after Louise Michel, has been painted pink with an image of a young girl holding a heart-shaped safety float. [254] Books Jones, Jonathan (17 October 2013). "Banksy gives Ronald McDonald's clown shoes a shine". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. a b Christian, Natasha (7 October 2018). "Street artist Banksy releases video showing auction shredding prank was years in the making". The West Australian . Retrieved 7 October 2018. There have been numerous rumours as to Banksy's identity. Names often suggested include Robert Banks and Robin Gunningham. [13] [14] UK, Magazine, Faces of the week". BBC News. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009 . Retrieved 12 April 2010.