Banksy - the Man Behind the Wall
Author(s): Will Ellsworth-Jones
For someone who shuns the limelight by concealing his real name, never showing his face and never giving interviews except by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. Whether there is a Banksy exhibition in Bristol, Los Angeles, London or New York, there is always a queue - often three hours long. His book of his art, Wall and Piece, has sold over a quarter of a million copies. Such is the commercial value of his work that people have hacked an entire wall off a building because it bears some of his graffiti. His popularity is such that councils who in the past saw him as a vandal whose work should be washed off the streets now hurry to protect it. But who is this man; how did he become what he is now; what makes him tick? Now, in the first ever biography of Banksy, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together Banksy's life and builds up a picture of the world in which he operates. He talks to friends and enemies, those who knew him in his early un-noticed days and those who have watched him try to come to terms with his new-found fame and fortune and asks what, ultimately, this enigmatic character and his life's work add up to.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Quarto Publishing Group UK
- : Aurum Press Ltd
- : 0.518
- : 01 November 2011
- : 2.7 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : 01 July 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Will Ellsworth-Jones
- : Paperback
- : 712
- : English
- : 759.2
- : 320