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* Natta, André (September 2, 2008) "[http://bhamterminal.com/blog/2008/09/02/banksy-was-here/ Banksy was here]." ''The Terminal'' | * Natta, André (September 2, 2008) "[http://bhamterminal.com/blog/2008/09/02/banksy-was-here/ Banksy was here]." ''The Terminal'' | ||
* Gray, Jeremy (September 3, 2008) "Famed artist may have left local mark." ''Birmingham News'' | * Gray, Jeremy (September 3, 2008) "Famed artist may have left local mark." ''Birmingham News'' | ||
* Gray, Jeremy (September 4, 2008) "Wall believed to bear art of British artist Banksy vanishes in Birmingham." ''Birmingham News'' | |||
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Revision as of 09:10, 4 September 2008
Banksy (allegedly Robin Gunningham, born July 28, 1973 in Bristol, England) is an internationally famous graffiti and installation artist best known for creating stencil graffiti with social and political themes. Most of his unsanctioned work can be found in Southern England. His self-published writings express his belief in the power of graffiti to force viewers to adjust their perceptions of the everyday world.
In August 2008, the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Banksy executed several graffiti works in New Orleans. Shortly afterward, as Hurricane Gustav was approaching the region, a piece attributed to him appeared in Ensley.
The unsigned stenciled work, a slightly smaller than life-size depiction of a hooded klansman hanged from a rope, was painted on the wall of a former Chevron Station on Bush Boulevard, across the street from the Bush Quik Stop near I-20/59. Marc Schiller, the founder of the "Wooster Collective" which documents Banksy's work worldwide, told The Birmingham News that the attribution is certain.
A Quik Stop employee told reporters that two men, one with a red beard, set up a canvas screen over the worksite on the evening of Friday August 29. Internet postings about the piece led numerous visitors and photographers to the site. By the morning of Tuesday September 2 it had been covered over with black spray paint. By that evening the wallboard itself had been removed.
According to reports in the News, Banksy also spent some time with benchers at the benching spot between Morris Avenue and downtown's railroad reservation.
References
- Schiller, Marc (August 30, 2008) "Banksy's Road Trip Continues: Takes on the KKK in Birmingham, Alabama" Wooster Collective
- Natta, André (September 2, 2008) "Banksy was here." The Terminal
- Gray, Jeremy (September 3, 2008) "Famed artist may have left local mark." Birmingham News
- Gray, Jeremy (September 4, 2008) "Wall believed to bear art of British artist Banksy vanishes in Birmingham." Birmingham News
External links
- New Orleans at bansky.co.uk