Banksy: Wall and Piece

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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. A superb fine copy, the binding clean and square, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps.

Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The Hardback Wall and Piece is slightly different in that it was published as a hardback and then also as a paperback with Banksy adding in his words ‘10% more crap’ in 2006, so the original 2005 book and especially the First Edition with Dust Cover and Postcards is Highly prized. Outside of Banksy’s own authorised output there are a myriad of titles covering all angles ranging from in depth analysis of his work to colouring in books. If you want to start collecting something a little bit off main track and slightly under the radar of most Banksy collectors look no further than his books. So we have his brilliant Migrant Child With Pink Flare in Venice, to the fantastic situationist Valentine’s Day in Bristol.Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. This copy is from the fourteenth printing and sports a characteristic endorsed sticker indicating that this edition contains 10% more contents. Until now, little to nothing is known about the the diversity of the Walled Off art editions and the quantities that were issued. Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. These never before seen images, shot by Lazarides, document the fascinating and anarchic journey behind the scenes of the mysterious man who has become one of the world’s most renowned artists. The first incendiary collection of stencils and graffiti from Banksy, presented and bound in a handy pocket sized high quality format. These include the Barton Hill Flower Girl image painted just yards from the youth centre where youth worker John Nation inspired Bristol’s original graffiti artists in the mid-1980s and which made a major impact on the young Banksy.The groundbreaking ‘Dismaland’ show, his Paris ’68 revisited works, The Walled Off Hotel, Brexit, Cans Festival, Brookyln and Basquiat, as well as new works from Gaza and New York. Banksy Captured is the new book by Steve Lazarides, the person by Banksy’s side during his rise to infamy. There are so many Banksy works in this book I have never seen before which for me was the real delight in this book. This new edition includes his self-destructing ‘Love is in the Bin’ intervention, which according to Sotheby’s is “the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction. If you’ve been crying yourself to sleep over your failings as a rat athlete in the rat olympics of late-capitalist life then take comfort.