Banksy is probably here because he's sort of a mystery, it seems that no one knows his true identity even after like 20 years.
Most of his work is illegally painted or pasted onto public walls and he hasn't been caught yet.
This "installment" is ironic because his art was sold on the cheap as if it were knock offs, like basically everything else sold on NY streets.
His style isn't entirely original but if it seems tired it's probably from seeing his imitators. Searching ebay for Banksy and excluding his books turns up 100,000 results, all of which appear to be ripoffs, bootlegs and tag spam.
Most of his work is illegally painted or pasted onto public walls and he hasn't been caught yet.
This "installment" is ironic because his art was sold on the cheap as if it were knock offs, like basically everything else sold on NY streets.
His style isn't entirely original but if it seems tired it's probably from seeing his imitators. Searching ebay for Banksy and excluding his books turns up 100,000 results, all of which appear to be ripoffs, bootlegs and tag spam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=banksy