Gawker seems on a mission to expose Banksy. Not sure why they’ve taken this up as a personal mission to uncover arguably the most famous graffiti artist of today. I don’t know of any specific bounty to identify him, but you’d think they’re after some cash … however, more likely they want recognition for being the ones to “out” him … if he is ever outed.
Regardless … I don’t really think of these pictures as new (since they came out of a 2000 documentary). Either way, if anyone can ID him from these pictures alone, that’s impressive.
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Rare Photos Of Banksy In Action
You thought that the search for new pictures of the mysterious world-famous street artist Banksy had come to an end? It has not! Our earlier shot at digging up photos of the maybe-identified but still unseen artist turned out to (probably) not be him. But! A tipster has sent us a lovely present: three still shots of Banksy in action, taken from a UK documentary filmed in 2000, when he was less obsessive about hiding his identity. We also have two photos of Banksy that were featured in an article in the UK’s Squall magazine (now defunct) back in 2000. And for the finale: two art prints that are reportedly drawings of Banksy in profile, dressed as the Queen of England. None are full-on face shots; but this is probably the first time all these rarely-seen images have been collected in one place. Click through to explore.
Stills from the 2000 UK documentary Boom or Bust, by filmmaker Si Mitchell:
From Squall magazine:
Two prints from British artist Mister Aitch, both of which are allegedly profile pictures of Banksy. We’re told that the title, “F5,” is a reference to the button people hit on their keyboard over and over to refresh a page when a new Banksy print goes up for sale:
[Read our previous Banksy coverage here. If you do not feel this investigation is as exciting as I do (it is very exciting), please keep that to yourself.]
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