Studying Banksy - Help anyone??

[shadygirl]

Hey, this year at school i'm doing my advanced higher Art expressive unit looking at graffiti, and Banksy's work in detail. I was just wondering if any of you guys would know any good sites/books etc with good pictures of his work, and some info/biography on him? that might help me out a bit.

It's just i don't really know a lot about him, but i saw a few examples of his work, and thought he would be great to incorporate into my unit.

hope someone can help me! thanks ;D

[drizzle]

Hi there,

There are a number of his own books that are well worth looking at:

www.amazon.co.uk/Wall-Piece/dp/1844137864/sr=8-1/qid=1156867320/ref=pd_ka_1/202-6714247-7294241?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

www.amazon.co.uk/Existencilism/dp/0954170415/sr=8-15/qid=1156867377/ref=sr_1_15/202-6714247-7294241?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-It-Out-Banksy-Vol-3/dp/0954496000/sr=8-22/qid=1156867377/ref=sr_1_22/202-6714247-7294241?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

www.amazon.co.uk/Banging-Your-Head-Against-a-Brick-Wall/dp/0954170407/sr=8-25/qid=1156867418/ref=sr_1_25/202-6714247-7294241?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

Also obviously worth trawling the internet...plenty of info out there.

Good Luck!!

[jimihendrixjunior]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
wikipedia is quite knowlegable if you havn't checked there yet...got a bio, and stuff on how he actually stencils etc
good choice of artist to study though! i studied him for my A-Level art last year! guy

[mido]

cut it out and banging your head are still available from his official distributor, at list price (£5), so no need to get on ebay / amazon etc - www.picturesonwalls.com

[shadygirl]

Thanks very much for the help guys appreciate it a lot . That Wikipedia site is great, just what i was after.

[HowAboutNo]

Or just get Martin to write your dissertation for you? ;D

[Daniel Silk]

howaboutno said:

Or just get Martin to write your dissertation for you? ;D

;D Great Idea! why not post your dissertation on here and we can all add bits to it and then others can just copy and paste ;D Sneaky I know but thats all everyone else does now isn't it?

[shadygirl]

Lol thats not a bad idea haha well i think it might be a few months before i like really get into writing the dissertation. But apparently i've to compare him with another graffiti artist, so i'll need to find someone else for that lol. But right now i've basically been asked just to begin collating info, and i thought here might be the best place

I'll defo know to come to u guys though if i get stuck with anything in particular Thanks!

[HowAboutNo]

shadygirl said:

But apparently i've to compare him with another graffiti artist, so i'll need to find someone else for that lol.

3 words for you to Google as a start point then Shady....Blek Le Rat. (if not done already of course!)

Would be an interesting read I think. How much for a copy signed by the author?

[numusic]

shadygirl said:

Lol thats not a bad idea haha well i think it might be a few months before i like really get into writing the dissertation. But apparently i've to compare him with another graffiti artist, so i'll need to find someone else for that lol. But right now i've basically been asked just to begin collating info, and i thought here might be the best place

I'll defo know to come to u guys though if i get stuck with anything in particular Thanks!

Check out Blek le rat for a cool comparison..www.bleklerat.free.fr

[shadygirl]

Haha! thanks for the recommendation guys, will check that out

[shadygirl]

Do the books cut it out and banging your head... include photos of some of his work???

[gm]

They're mostly photos, yes, with a few drawings and captions.

[shadygirl]

thanks will need to get those then

[mido]

yes. and they are still available from POW, for £5 each. don't be suckered into buying from ebay for a fortune!

those two books (plus the sadly out of print 'existencilism') make up the bulk of his coffee table book, 'Wall & Piece'. W&P does have a few extras, and obviously morte colour, bigger pics etc, but equally there are a few things in the 3 books that are not in the book....

shadygirl said:

Do the books cut it out and banging your head... include photos of some of his work???

[shadygirl]

Thanks for the advice Spoke to my teacher about it today, and to my surprise, she informed me she has a Banksy book in the class that she says i can borrow anytime. But not sure which one it is though, but hey pretty lucky

[dapperdan]

i'm doing banksy for my 2nd year architecture project... we have to research his work first, then design a building for him to live and do his work... well i have to... i dont know what other artists people are doing...

anyway, to cut a long story short... why does he paint rats and monkies... is there any type of symbolism there, or are they just easy to stencil?

[HowAboutNo]

dapperdan said:

I'm doing banksy for my 2nd year architecture project... we have to research his work first, then design a building for him to live and do his work... well i have to... i dont know what other artists people are doing...

anyway, to cut a long story short... why does he paint rats and monkies... is there any type of symbolism there, or are they just easy to stencil?

Buy some Banksy books, full of quotes about them. (just go direct to POW for ones in stock NOT Ebay!!! where u pay £35 for a £5 book!! But I will dare to quote him (loosely) "The rats are us, the little people, getting trodden on etc etc etc"

Told you it was loosely...go buy the book!

[shadygirl]

Hey, just thought i'd give u all a wee update on how the studies are going. Quite a bit through the work, decided to choose Banksy and steven sprouse to compare, seeing as my theme is all about military and anti-establishment. In the middle of completing my sketchbooks for art school and this site has been a godsend for all of his prints etc to include.

However i'm looking for more of his sketches/drawings, cause i'm basing my images on his technique of being quite sketchy with his drawings. Would any of you kind people possibly be able to help me out by any chance? Thanks!!!

[lesroy]

You have to buy Martin's book too... he will show you where to go so you can see Banksy's Street art in and around London!!

Someone link the girl to Martin's Book... (barks order then greases his regimented moustache again!)

[lesroy]

also, make sure you watch the video at the bottom of this page... with the picture of the black female reporter... its great!

[LoveRat]

lesroy said:

You have to buy Martin's book too... he will show you where to go so you can see Banksy's Street art in and around London!!

Someone link the girl to Martin's Book... (barks order then greases his regimented moustache again!)

Da Nah............www.shellshockphotos.co.uk/

[shadygirl]

Thanks for the help! video is fab Shame i can't go to London to see some of his work...grr!

[pastiepie]

shadygirl said:

However i'm looking for more of his sketches/drawings, cause i'm basing my images on his technique of being quite sketchy with his drawings. Would any of you kind people possibly be able to help me out by any chance? Thanks!!!

As far as i know he only stencils. I've never seen any of his drawings. Pretty sure all the design work is done on the computer these days.

[shadygirl]

Not sure, it was drawings more along the line of this that i saw on his website www.banksy.co.uk/drawing/images/granblaster.jpg