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Banksy: Wall and Piece

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He wrote this artist biography book to make contemporary art approachable and enjoyable for his two children.

You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat covers Banksy’s entire street art career, spanning the late ’90s right up to the ‘Seasons Greetings’ Christmas 2018 piece in Port Talbot, Wales.His relationship with the art market is also complex: marked by mocking hostility while being one of the most marketable and most collected contemporary artists. Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Wall and Piece comprises a three-part series of previously published books by Banksy, including Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall, Existencilism, and Cut It Out. As Banksy continues to challenge the political, economic, and racial oppression that takes place every day in cities around the world, this book offers a timely appreciation of just how the artist has embedded himself into the psyche of the powerful as well as the voiceless without ever revealing his own identity.

Naturally some of this is used as a soapbox as you would expect from any creative or artistic type but does not distract from the quality of the content. It also includes scores of paintings, serigraphs, stencils, and installation objects as well as a selection of memorabilia―many of which have never been published previously.

Revealing much about the origins of some of the artist’s most striking ideas, as well as his subversive social attitudes, complex personality, and singular sense of humor, this is the perfect read for any Banksy or modern-art fan.

Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. The artwork selection is up-to-the-minute, featuring 2017s Bridge Farm Primary School and The Walled Off Hotel. Of course, Banksy plays all the hits, from Girl with Balloon to Pulp Fiction, but there's also a variety of Banksy's "fine art," self-published books, installations, and bits of merch, including some pieces that've never been published in any other collection of Banksy's work. His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. This book presents the richness, diversity and strength of the work of the most famous street art artist in the world… and yet nobody knows his identity.In 2017, Banksy opened ‘The Walled Off Hotel’ in Bethlehem, a living art installation with which he brings the Palestinian oppression up for discussion.

Note that Banksy isn't necessarily "authorized," though, in that it isn't actually published with Banksy or Pest Control but, given the level of access Rizzoli's team was granted by the artist, it comes pretty darn close.Full colour, and including some of the most famous/notorious works to date, including exhibiting his work at the Tate Gallery in London. Vol 2: For many the smoke and mirrors which surround Banksy are as fascinating as the artwork of the 21st century’s most important living artist. The first incendiary collection of stencils and graffiti from Banksy, presented and bound in a handy pocket sized high quality format. The paintings of collections that I make portray objects such as books, records and ephemera, which behold properties impinging passions and hobbies. Flemish author Marc Pairon set out to investigate and now uncovers the secrets of Banksy’s much-coveted Walled Off art editions.

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