The Real Banksy

"Area grandmother comes forward as Banksy" - The Onion

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:27:02 +0000

"Area grandmother comes forward as Banksy" - The Onion:

The Onion do make me laugh, I don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. Cracks me up proper.

For the record, I’m male and I don’t have any grandchildren… yet.

Someone sent this to me - someone got a tattoo of some of my...

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:05:45 +0100

Someone sent this to me - someone got a tattoo of some of my work!

Has anyone else out there got a Banksy tattoo? Send it in to me and I’ll do a series on them. Might even do a stencil, of someone with a tattoo, of a stencil. Mental.

Here’s the full set of animated gifs...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:22:43 +0100

Here’s the full set of animated gifs that http://madebyabvh.tumblr.com/ did of my work.

Really love all of these.

So apparently there’s this...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:43:16 +0100

So apparently there’s this guy: http://madebyabvh.tumblr.com/ and he makes animated gifs of my work!

Now, I like my work, and I like animated gifs, so this really appeals to me. Wish I’d though of it myself to be honest. Nice work lad.

are you really bansky? lol just wondering

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:11:00 +0100

YES!

Well i'm sure you're not the real Banksy but on the off chance you are id like to say something. What happened man. I read somewhere you used to be a real graffer. Why'd you sell out and cash in on this stencil/street art bullshit. Fuck you. Team Robbo. Oh and stop biting off Blek, if you're gonna sell out at least get your own style. Twat.

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:11:00 +0100

Hello :) I'm a huge fan of your work! i was wondering something though. Last year i watched exit through the gift shop in an art class and we discussed it and i brought up this question. Was it purely a project of yours revealing the commercialization of art today or a true documentary of Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash?

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:10:00 +0100

I believe that truth is in the eye of the beholder - the works mean whatever you want them to mean. Unless you want them to mean something which I really don’t like, in which case I’ll have to take it back!

Any posibillities for you to come and meet mexico and maybe make a graffiti? :D

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:09:00 +0100

I’d love to. I know a couple of Mexicans who are very handy with a paintbrush - very hardworking guys and they do some lovely work in bathrooms. Maybe I’ll bring the wife out for a sunny getaway!

Want to watch some graffiti being painted live? This is a whole...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:07:11 +0100

Want to watch some graffiti being painted live? This is a whole day’s painting in one minute!

Mind you, this is a corporate job (boo) and not as clever as my work (hiss) but it’s still pretty cool to watch them at work.

Should I put a mask on, film myself working and make it into a timelapse?

This is exactly what it looks like - a bloke throwing a javelin,...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:33:11 +0100

This is exactly what it looks like - a bloke throwing a javelin, but instead of a javelin it’s a missile. What’s funny is that there is actually a kind of missle called a javelin… however this isn’t one. This is a commentary on the fact that the British government has put missiles on tower blocks in East London.

However… it’s also got a deeper meaning. Can you guess what it is?

This is Thierry’s (Mr. Brainwash to you) Tumblr....

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:12:00 +0100

This is Thierry’s (Mr. Brainwash to you) Tumblr. It’s cool but… is he really going to work with David Guetta!? I’d even chose One Direction over David Guetta. Come on Thierry, sort it out. You’re embarrassing me!

Here’s the first of my “Olypmics” pieces....

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:06:59 +0100

Here’s the first of my “Olypmics” pieces. I’ve done four in all - some have been found already, and some haven’t. I’ll be revealing them all here on Tumblr.

The Olympics is a bit of an odd one isn’t it? I was rubbish at sports as a lad, always picked last for the teams. One time I forgot my PE kit and Mr. Sandy made me play in my tight white y-fronts.

Everyone laughed and called me pantsman, although the joke was on them a couple of years later when he got done for some kind of incident that happened when he was still a Scoutmaster. Bit of an odd bloke that one.

SUBSISTENCE: Review: Mr. Brainwash at Opera Gallery

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:23:00 +0100

SUBSISTENCE: Review: Mr. Brainwash at Opera Gallery:

I do love Mr. Brainwash - or Thierry as his friends call him. Filming him for my little film project “Exit through the Gift Shop” was a lot of fun!

I quite like this Tumblr as well - I’m actually more a pie-and-a-pint man myself so I won’t be going to any of these cool bars, but their taste in art is clearly very good.

subsistenceco:

Mr. Brainwash hardly needs an introduction. Rumours and contradictions swirl around his background, history and creative process, and many believe he’s a hoax figure, a barbed lampoon aimed at the pretentious heart of art world’s commodification of graffiti.

Whether or not that’s true…

http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/sign-and...

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:57:00 +0100

http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/sign-and-bird-cage-left-at-gallery-may-be-from-banksy-1-2381443

This wasn’t me. I think this chap might be faking my work as a publicity stunt for his new gallery, but that’s fine. The work he’s doing with that Oriental - am I allowed to say Oriental? You never know these days. Anyway, the work he’s doing with that Chinese feller is quite nice, always good to see artists from other cultures getting some support in the United Kingdom of Bonus! (I’m referring to banker’s bonuses of course).

Robin Gunningham <--- by the way this is banksy he came froward 3 years ago in order not to get in trouble with the law. You need to really just get a life

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:48:00 +0100

Poor Robin. He never “came forward” (that’s an unfortunate rumour), he was mistakenly “outed” by one of the dreadful tabloid newspapers we have over here. Probably the Mail, it really is the most awful load of rubbish.

Anyway, I’m not him, and he’s not me. Since I’m Banksy that means he… isn’t Banksy. Nice and simple.

I painted this to make a subtle point - that not every piece of...

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:40:05 +0100

I painted this to make a subtle point - that not every piece of street art out there is a Banksy. Even though, it’s ironic because I am Banksy and so all the pieces that I paint actually are Banksys!

It gets a bit confusing. Other people are doing some good stuff though.

A fake Twitter that's "attempting" to mock me

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:21:56 +0100

A fake Twitter that's "attempting" to mock me:

This Twitter feed isn’t me by the way, even though it’s called “Banksy Ideas”. I don’t think people should be allowed to take on other people’s identities like this. I’d report him if I wasn’t anonymous!

Some of the ideas on there aren’t bad, mind you. Might even copy a couple!

A lot of people are asking if this was me - it was! This...

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:05:00 +0100

A lot of people are asking if this was me - it was! This actually isn’t anything political, I just say the opportunity for a bit of light comedy. Plus I genuinely do prefer a nice trim, the wife always keeps hers very neat. Not too much though, that’s a bit weird isn’t it, if it’s completely bare?

I know you won't publish my last comment so that your followers will realise your not banksy. Further proof of your guilt.

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:20:00 +0100

Literally just published it, take a look! If you can’t take criticism how can you take freedom?

P.s. it’s “you’re” in this context. You can’t write as many slogans as I do and not be anal about grammar!

Your clearly not banksy he already has a website and has stated that anyone pretending to be him on social networking sites isn't him. Secondly, if you were going to pretend to be someone your not in order to amuse yourself you might want to research a bit more precisely into the person your attempting to be. Maybe writing in a similar manner as them would be a good start. As well as this at least try to make the page appear consistent to his style and website.

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:19:00 +0100

Check again sailor! I’m not on Facebook or Twitter, Tumblr is very different to those sites. That’s why were here isn’t it?

I have a confession to make as well - I didn’t write my website, I’m heavily dyslexic so I got my Pest Control team to do that. Can I just say though - I know you’re suspicious and mistrustful because you’re a big fan so I’m not offended, I just really appreciate your support.