Why there is more to Banksy than meets the eye
Kelly Grovier,
BBC,
Jan 02, 2025
Just for the record, I'm a huge Banksy fan, and so appreciate this look at his work in BBC News. What I appreciate about this article is that it makes clear the relation between Banksy's work and the masterpieces from which it is so often drawn (though I would note that Banksy draws from cultural images generally, and not just masterpieces). What he does, often, is to refocus our understanding of the original work - the best example is the placement of googly eyes on a Rembrandt self-portrait, drawing the viewer's attention to how the original draws the viewer's attention (and thus, to a general principle of design employed by marketers and advertisers in all media today). Image: my own photo from a Banksy pop-up exhibit.
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