A visual protest: the art of Banksy

AUTEUR(S): Demetrio Paparoni.

TAAL: Nederlands.
MEDEWERKER(S): Gianni Mercurio.
UITGEVER: Prestel Publishing Ltd..
JAAR: 2020.
DRUK: Eerste editie.
FORMAAT: mm.
GEWICHT: gram.
STAAT: Nieuw (New).
UITVOERING: Hardback.
ISBN/EAN: 9783791386065
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BESCHRIJVING

This book features approximately eighty works from the start of his street art career to Today, most photographed in situ and presented in vibrant illustrations. This book guides readers through Banksys artistic processes and explains his influences, such as the Situationism movement and the May 1968 uprising in Paris. It delves into key works such as Love Is in the Air, a stencilled graffiti that subverts the idea of violent protest; Flag, in which the iconic American photograph at Iwo Jima is altered to reflect a group of Harlem children atop a burnt-out car; and the slyly titled Turf War, in which Winston Churchill sports a grassy Mohawk. the book also pays tribute to Banksys rats, a reviled symbol of urban decay that the artist reimagines as rappers, violin players, and painters. As Banksy continues to challenge the political, economic, and racial oppression that takes place every day in cities around the world, this book offers a timely appreciation of just how the artist has embedded himself into the psyche of the powerful as well as the voiceless-without ever revealing his own identity.