Banksy

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After he made enough money to retire from three paintings.

Banksy is a Britfag graffiti artist, wanted by the Man for spamming RL walls with forced memes. Unable to afford a canvas, yet somehow awash with paint, Banksy took to the chav-loaded streets of Bristol in 1992 to make things just a touch worse. Unfortunately, making more than a smeared mess with a can of Krylon takes talent, so our hero instead ripped off the idea of stenciling his images from Blek le Rat; the rest, as they say, is history.

Trolling IRL

In order to stand out from the billion other douchebags spraying their lame 'tags' everywhere, Banksy realized he needed some shocking content to get the attention of the slumbering masses. In order to goad the hypnotized citizenry into squeezing out a critical thought, he began tailoring the content of his work to the situation at hand. He attempted to do this by throwing as many provocative and political buzzwords to the wall as he could, regardless of whether he actually knew what he was talking about or not, desperately hoping that, if he threw enough, eventually, something might stick and he'd be hailed as some kind of radical, free-thinking messiah by hordes of hipster douchebags.

Unsurprisingly, it worked.

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  Trolling Christians,
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  Jews and Arabs alike.
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  Ah, Nawlins
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  You can clean it up.
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  Penisbird
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  He sure loves peta
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  A Chinese child's future
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  Fuck you MLK!
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  Seems like he played Modern Warfare 2
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  Gaia is pissed
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  God Bless the Queen
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  Oh you priests
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  Stealing is wrong!
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  Dont fuck with donuts
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  What happened when Obama became President
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  Oh Britain
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  In China kid pulls you!
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  Lets frolic you old buggers
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  The Simpsons

Some argue that he is nothing but a vandal and should be v&.

	“	We are concerned that Banksy's street art glorifies what is essentially vandalism.	„
	—Diane Shakespeare, Keep Britain Tidy

Exit Through The Gift Shop

“	This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results. One of the most provocative films about art ever made, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fascinating study of low-level criminality, comradeship and incompetence. By turns shocking, hilarious and absurd, this is an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters.	„
—The Movie, on itself

The Simpsons Intro

Banksy's storyboard

In 2010 The Simpsons wanted to seem more hip and edgy, so they had renowned anti-capitalist subversive, Banksy, storyboard an intro to the show. Fox had it pulled, causing all of Banksy's fans to cry foul and claim that he his message was being censored - the message in question being, "Oooh, yeah, sweatshops are bad, right, yeah, capitalism, the plight of the worker, yeah, exploitation, the death of dreams and innocence, the ignorant happiness of the masses, yeah, subversion!!"

Powerword

Did You Know: Banksy held an Ebay auction for his identity?

Many attempts have been made to discover the identity of this anon, resulting in failure across the board. Banksy appears to have many friends and as the number of people grows the probability of his secret being kept goes down. Some argue that it is quite possible Banksy is actually multiple people, or not even a person at all but a conspiracy by the aerosol industry to sell spraypaint to fanboys. Both are valid explanations for Banksy's identity being kept safe.

Chances are he's some bloke who works the corner store and can only afford his flat with the help of mum and dad. HA HA, DISREGARD THAT, HE'S OBVIOUSLY A NICE, MONEYED MIDDLE CLASS WHITE BOY WHO PROBABLY VOTES TORY AND HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED A BIT OF HARDSHIP IN HIS LIFE.

See Also

• Art
• Graffiti
• Cunt
• Hipster
• Hypocrite
• Trying Too Hard

External Links

• His website
• Exit Through The Gift Shop
• YouTube channel

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