Editorial Reviews

Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable (except maybe when it’s squatting in the New York’s Metropolitan Museum or Museum of Modern Art.) Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cites throughout the world.

Witty and subversive, his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction, policeman with smiley faces, rats with drills and umbrellas. If you look hard enough you’ll find your own. His statements, incitements, ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and witty comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals.

His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific. And now for the first time, he’s putting together the best of his work—old and new—in a fully illustrated color volume.

Banksy, real name unknown, was born in Bristol, England.

Customer Reviews

excellent, 2009-10-30
by V. Niccolini (italy)

this book is great.
it contains a lot of the different works banksy have done, from walls to pieces of art in the museums.
plus alot of trivia about most of each.
i'm very pleased to have bought it!

Banksy is the Man, 2009-09-10
by Neal Hemphill (NYC)

Banksy the mystery man has put together a beautiful, moving, outrageous, brilliant book.
He's an amazing artist, and is politically and socially challenging.

Banksy's Wall and Piece a great insight for everyone, 2009-09-03
by Cody Shelley (Des Moines, IA)

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in graffiti, street art, or just art in general. The book is loaded with pictures of Banksy's stencil work along with his fine art paintings. Throughout the book he has written down his thoughts and included insightful, clever stories. Once again if you are a fan of art with a message you need to have this book.

Master of UK streets, 2009-08-09
by Ana Mora Recarte (Madrid, Spain)

This book has all the essence of Banksy's work, and let you understand why he is a genius, why he does what he does and how his art apart from scandalous sometimes is the reflexion of the things seen in a beautiful way or make the most crude denounce in the most incredible way. A total must-have

Love this book!, 2009-05-19
by A. Watkins (Chicago, IL)

When I was in NY I couldn't find the hard cover to bring back with me so I scoured Amazon.com. I ordered the hard cover...amazing...love the storyline. A++