Tuesday, December 9, 2008

One Nation Under CCTV

Banksy is Britain's most celebrated graffiti artist, but anonymity is vital to him because graffiti is illegal. The day he goes public is the day the graffiti ends.

The following is the Banksy Manifesto:

"When I was a kid I used to pray
every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realised God doesn’t work that way,
so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness."


The graffiti shown here are several examples of Banksy's work. The first two pieces were painted on the security barrier separating Israel from the West bank, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

"The segregation wall is a disgrace. The possibility I find exciting is you could turn the world's most invasive and degrading structure into the world's longest gallery of free speech and bad art." -Banksy







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