Banksy

Recently I came across a graffiti artist whose work mesmerized me. As most graffiti artists he keeps his identity extremely secret and only identifies himself as Banksy. The reason for the secret identity is because graffiti work is more or less considered vandalizing, which is a crime. Banksy started working on the streets of London and quickly gained fame for his unique style. He took his work from streets to Museums, but his work wasn't exactly curated by the Museum. He took the liberty to smuggle in his version of famous paintings and hang them on the Museum walls. Some of his paintings that he hanged went notice for about a week, but once noticed people started paying attention to this fearless graffiti artist.

After gaining fame he took his work abroad targeting famous cities and iconic places. One of my favorite Banksy work was done at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. On Sept 11, 2006, he made a life size replica of a detainee of controversial Guantanamo Bay Prison, and hanged it in middle of one of the rides. The artwork remained there for 90 minutes before the ride was shut down and the artwork was removed.