What I love about this and most of Banksy's art is not just his amazing ability to draw or create a picture - not just the fact most of his work also includes a message or emotion, marks an era, issue or culture, all wordlessly conveyed. But to top it off, I consider the locations he favours for much of his work - the street - adopted as an unforbidden outdoor gallery. He's seemingly aware and unafraid of his works' immortality. True, the same could be said of any great graffiti or street artist, however even with Banksy's achieved status, each exterior piece is left at the mercy of any and everyone to do with as they wish. As they cannot easily be transported and confined to the walls of a display room, this gives them a freedom, a vulnerability, a preciousness, and, considering their ever-imminent vandalism or decay, a actual life of sorts.
Banksy: Instant modern classics
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