Will Banksy ever use his real name?

[uniquinn]

Apr 5, 2016 15:22:34 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

Something we are seeing more and more this last couple of years is Artists switching slowly to using their real names.

So many Artists in the scene have been using their "Street Names" in releasing prints, but it now seems to be the trend to start putting things like Silky aka Daniel Silk. So do you think Banksy will ever get to that point with hiding his real name is no longer needed?

Also do you think Some Artists might also have gone off their street names and wished they had just started out under their real name in the first place?

[uniquinn]

Apr 6, 2016 18:19:10 GMT 1 Sliding on the Walls said:

I can see it now... 

Finally craving the fame. Tut tut.

[MD6744]

Best for banksy to own the camera instead of the camera owning him or he'll end up at the circus doing things he never thought was imaginable

Can't ever see Mark McGowan standing in front of a camera and saying "I am Banksy"

[SAGA]

Jan 25, 2022 5:12:06 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

The copyright issue might eventually mean he has little choice but to come out into the open and claim his images. The recent copyright cases don’t seem to be going well for him and the GDP plan didn’t appear to make any difference to that situation.

That would be so sad. Having to reveal your name just to win the lawsuits from some leechers...
I'm also very surprised so many people on this board are still so clueless about what kind of person he is and what he stands for .

[Season of Mist]

I'd rather separate the man from the art, this is a very old eternal debate

Love the art

And, yes, at first, I even liked the message - Even "walled off" was, I thought, a great message.

But from clever, witty, punki, and contestatory at first, it went down the sloppery slope to downright moralizing to just woke in recent years.

I already have Hollywood moralizing me 24/7, I don't need another preacher.

So I'm not interested in knowing who Banksy is at all, because I will separate the art - which I like, on graphic value, and sometimes even on message value, to the man - who seems to be another moralizing **** who seems compelled to telling me what to think. I don't need that, I already have a million actors and singers doing so.

[deleted user]

he's actually a really quiet/shy bloke.
doesn't wanna deal with all the fake celebrity shit.

[nikos76]

Who is Banksy?
"The most cunning shot that the devil has never succeeded, it was to make everyone believe that it does not exist."
Banksy plays with us he talks to us with his true face simply.
I also think that Banksy create works under another name.
Just open your eyes.

[visionofdada]

Rob's full-on appearance ( in age disguise plus undebunkable facial compares such as his presence at Hull and at Sotherby's shredded Balloon Girl auction is already out there ) Search;  Banksy Unmasked for Real
Mainstream media dont want to know. Too much money to be made / copy to be sold in his remaining a mystery, like in some kind of spy movie.
So it's up to Gunningham, maybe one day he'll have the guts to come clean and the above link verified.

[eD]

Banksys real name is irrelevant

[Lroy]

Jan 25, 2022 9:26:26 GMT 1 SAGA said:

Jan 25, 2022 5:12:06 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

The copyright issue might eventually mean he has little choice but to come out into the open and claim his images. The recent copyright cases don’t seem to be going well for him and the GDP plan didn’t appear to make any difference to that situation.

I'm also very surprised so many people on this board are still so clueless about what kind of person he is and what he stands for .

It's human, only human.. ( I d'ont say that it's great but human, yes, almost if the " heroe " is still playing with anonymity and secrecy ) .. How we could condemn that ? Fantasms is a part of human, and it's good anyway.. Delation is no good, at the opposite ( I have pics of Invader, I nver show them, but it's good to see that there is a human face behind his mask : one he was filming for a story one of his works, when, inadvertently, he pressed the button of such which changes the screen and presto I had his head in the head, it was funny )

I respec the guy I never shown it and <i will never shhow it. Respect is the most important.

* All our  heroes, n movies, novels, etc... even robbers, were, are, masked with a bit of mistery...

[Lroy]

Jan 25, 2022 12:03:00 GMT 1 nikos76 said:

Who is Banksy?
"The most cunning shot that the devil has never succeeded, it was to make everyone believe that it does not exist."
Banksy plays with us he talks to us with his true face simply.
I also think that Banksy create works under another name.
Just open your eyes.

" I also think that Banksy create works under another name. "

Or some created works for Banksy, the brand.

Even  some stencils, are differents.

What to know is who decides if it's a Banksy or not : RG, a  committee, PC, another people ? Anyway Banksy is fantastic, that 's all I know !

[ivodsn]

On the positive, appearances on Newsnight, Andrew Marr and the other vermin that will seek to profit from the ensuing parade could highlight important issues and depict a maturity to our art forms.

But... if nobody else promoting hope seems to have any impact on the shit show media then what hope does Banksy have?

I voted yes because it is probably inevitable, but it is risky as society edges towards fascism, he could become a scapegoat against all our misdeeds. It's easy to be blindsided into thinking that Banksy is an accepted artist now but for every lover of him there's at least 3 karens waiting to vent their misery and pretend like they give a shit about the walls he "ruined".

Being in prison will undoubtedly raise the price of his work so for the already affluent enough to afford a banksy they'll be happy, but do they care about the man/team?

Like that batman film portrayed, a symbol is what we need, not another suit.

rant over.

[alibertine]

I know its pretty unsafe to say but silky started it
Im pretty sure he's connected and might know if he wants to be unravelled
Banksy sold his own shop in Palestine
May grace be upon his soul
Did the pub in Haggerston
It was the same one
All of your run along now 
Dont say its done
Love will tear is apart
To fewer knew
Me and you girl, through and through!

[Daniel Silk]

This video give a pretty good run down of the Banksy story so far, but what do you think will happen next? Will he decide to reveal himself so he can claim copyright for his images?

[Jules Leotard]

Jul 4, 2022 4:21:01 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

This video give a pretty good run down of the Banksy story so far, but what do you think will happen next? Will he decide to reveal himself so he can claim copyright for his images?

I think the plausible deniability and security that his veiled identity provides is worth more than the money he would collect.  He's middle-aged at this point.  He's never come across as someone who needs his back patted and a slew of attaboys. 

The only caveat is the aid he could provide to others with the influx of financial resources.

[kdrlly]

If Cilla was still alive he might’ve revealed himself on surprise surprise.
We all know it’s Robin, Robin knows it’s Robin, even Batman knows it’s Robin. It’s like Fawlty Towers… don’t mention the war!
If he wants to remain below the radar that’s his choice, all adds to the mystery…. I heard it was Idris Elba, he seems to be in the frame for everything Else.

[Lroy]

Aug 23, 2022 10:26:48 GMT 1 kdrlly said:

If Cilla was still alive he might’ve revealed himself on surprise surprise.
We all know it’s Robin, Robin knows it’s Robin, even Batman knows it’s Robin. It’s like Fawlty Towers… don’t mention the war!
If he wants to remain below the radar that’s his choice, all adds to the mystery…. I heard it was Idris Elba, he seems to be in the frame for everything Else.

There is still the mysterious signature ( when he wrote in private ) :
he signed Banks instead of G. )
why ?

[alibertine]

i don't know his name but know what he looks like
probably robbing banks
if not at least thieving from a liquor store
you'll recognise him if you see him by his fucked up face

[kdrlly]

Aug 23, 2022 11:36:35 GMT 1 Lroy said:

Aug 23, 2022 10:26:48 GMT 1 kdrlly said:

If Cilla was still alive he might’ve revealed himself on surprise surprise.
We all know it’s Robin, Robin knows it’s Robin, even Batman knows it’s Robin. It’s like Fawlty Towers… don’t mention the war!
If he wants to remain below the radar that’s his choice, all adds to the mystery…. I heard it was Idris Elba, he seems to be in the frame for everything Else.

There is still the mysterious signature ( when he wrote in private ) :
he signed Banks instead of G. )
why ? 

Can only assume that as the kids thought his career on leaving school was to be a bank robber which arose to him being called Robin Banks humorously at school he thought he’d use it for a while before it evolving into Banksy later in life. 

[7star]

The artist is in prison?


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[kdrlly]

Who is Banksy? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Banksy. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick that Banksy ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.