Barely Legal- An Artist without face
Banksy, a rebellion graffit artist and prankster from Britain was in Las Angeles with “Barely Legal,” a new show of his work at an industrial warehouse. it was a part of his first large-scale exhibition in the United States.
Contraditing to his nature this show had many thing, few could link with Banksy. Publicity, Opening Party wit Hollywood glitterati including Jude Law and Nubered Prints at 500$ each. Usually Banksy not reveals himself in public , many belive it as publicity ploy. His views raise question, many in-charge of keping world in order would not like to see. Banksy puts rhetorical question in a handout: “1.7 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. 20 billion people live below the poverty line. Every day hundreds of people are made to feel physically sick by morons at art shows telling them how bad the world is but never actually doing something about it. Anybody want a free glass of wine?”
The Guardian, the British newspaper, has identified Banksy as Robert Banks, an artist from Bristol. Some commentators have identified him as Stephen Lazarides, a photographer who set up Banksy’s Web site