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Who is Banksy?

78 replies

saddilema · 19/02/2023 08:19

Is it common knowledge in the Art world who Banksy is?

Is part of their appeal that their identity is a mystery?

Just curious.

OP posts:
neverknowinglyunreasonable · 19/02/2023 08:26

I heard it's Theresa May.

bruffin · 19/02/2023 08:28

I saw a really interesting documentary on Sky Arts and they knew who he was but I don't think they outed his real name.

VainAbigail · 19/02/2023 08:31

It’s Neil Buchanan.

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Beezknees · 19/02/2023 08:31

Believed to be Robin Gunningham but not officially confirmed.

RonniePickering · 19/02/2023 08:34

I am Banksy!

WeAreTheHeroes · 19/02/2023 08:36

I'm Banksy!

Iateallthewotsits · 19/02/2023 08:36

A very rich man who does very well out of no one knowing who he is.

Although it’s just the gullible plebs who don’t know who he is.

BootCampSucker · 19/02/2023 08:39

It's Robin Gunningham. I grew up in the same area, went to primary school with him and know his family.

ShellySmitt · 19/02/2023 08:46

Grass

Undermyumberellaellaella · 19/02/2023 08:47

VainAbigail · 19/02/2023 08:31

It’s Neil Buchanan.

I actually thought it was him when I was younger because of the mad shit he would make on art attack🤣

whiteroseredrose · 19/02/2023 08:48

A Bristol City fan apparently.

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 08:59

I have an ex who I have a good relationship with that works in a very big known airport in Europe, he’s a cop (border control) who stopped this British woman some months ago was coming into the country (not UK) with all these banksy paintings and original stencils, she was an artist travelling with her 3 female assistants and told my ex (the border officer) she had an art opening. This raised his suspicions so he investigated the whole thing before letting her inside the country. He found out she was Banksy. He may or may not be wrong but he’s never lied to me.

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 09:00

He said banksy was a woman.

MissisBoote · 19/02/2023 09:03

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 08:59

I have an ex who I have a good relationship with that works in a very big known airport in Europe, he’s a cop (border control) who stopped this British woman some months ago was coming into the country (not UK) with all these banksy paintings and original stencils, she was an artist travelling with her 3 female assistants and told my ex (the border officer) she had an art opening. This raised his suspicions so he investigated the whole thing before letting her inside the country. He found out she was Banksy. He may or may not be wrong but he’s never lied to me.

It might have been the artist Bambi
streetartistbambi.com/

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 19/02/2023 09:04

Well it's not me but I've started painting murals on walls as a way of getting rid of stuff I no longer want.

So far I got rid of a skipful of rubbish and, more recently, a chest freezer.

TitoMojito · 19/02/2023 09:08

VainAbigail · 19/02/2023 08:31

It’s Neil Buchanan.

God I wish

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 09:09

MissisBoote · 19/02/2023 09:03

It might have been the artist Bambi
streetartistbambi.com/

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Why would Bambi travel into another country with half painter’s banksy canvas and the original stencils? My ex photographed the whole thing with his phone and did the homework to make sure those were banksy paintings.

WandaWonder · 19/02/2023 09:12

I think there is a group

I presume originally there may have been one individual who started it off though

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 09:14

WandaWonder · 19/02/2023 09:12

I think there is a group

I presume originally there may have been one individual who started it off though

Yes, I suspect it’s a group of women, or at least that’s what my ex told me.

HelloBunny · 19/02/2023 09:18

Could she have been an artist working for Banksy, Sandra?
Doesn’t he have a team, Andy Warhol style? Or am I thinking of Damien Hirst...

rubbishatballet · 19/02/2023 09:20

He definitely has quite a large team and I'm not even sure how personally involved he is with it all now, beyond the business side of things.

Sandra1984 · 19/02/2023 09:26

rubbishatballet · 19/02/2023 09:20

He definitely has quite a large team and I'm not even sure how personally involved he is with it all now, beyond the business side of things.

Why does Banksy has to be a “he”? I would be surprised if he’s a man as all his illustrations are quite feminine and very “peace and love” IMO.

MirabelMax · 19/02/2023 09:29

I thought it was Robert Del Naja from massive attack

ToffeeNotCoffee · 19/02/2023 09:30

What's the big deal with this Banksy Graffiti vandal anyway ?

Why the glee ?

Sarahcoggles · 19/02/2023 09:30

Banksy is a man. He went to school with the son of a friend of my Mum's.