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[Will Ellsworth-Jones] ✓ Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall His pieces have fetched millions of dollars at prestigious auction houses. He talks to his friends and enemies, those who knew him in his early, unnoticed days, and those who have watched him try to come to terms with his newfound fame and success. While hiding from the limelight, Banksy has made himself into one of the world's best-known living artists. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his film Exit Through the Gift Shop. And he explores the contradictions of a champion of reneg
| Title | : | Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (905 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250025737 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Not What I Expected, But Excellent If you can get past the Acknowledgements page, this is a pretty good book.Full disclosure: Having acquired this book from an online retailer, I expected it to be akin to "Wall and Piece". I.e., I was expecting photos of Banksys. There wasn't a single picture present in the copy that I received. Initially, I was rather annoyed. I became even more irritated when I (wrongly) presumed that . Esteban Ess said Great Study On Banksy and Street Art In General. Allow me to begin this review by telling you that I am an avid fan and photographer of wall art, street art and art openings by avant garde artists who break open new ways of looking at the world. I have seen the film "Exit Through The Gift Shop" which shows Banksy and other graffiti artists in action. When I travel, I seek out the more interesting graffiti and wall art and collect phot. For your reading, rather than viewing pleasure The most important thing you need to know before deciding to purchase Will Ellsworth-Jones' Banksy: The Man Behind The Wall is this book is *not* your typical coffee table art book filled with pictures. In fact, the only picture in my copy was the front cover you can see for yourself on this very Amazon page.Secondly, this is what you would call an "unauthorized biography" and weighs in
His pieces have fetched millions of dollars at prestigious auction houses. He talks to his friends and enemies, those who knew him in his early, unnoticed days, and those who have watched him try to come to terms with his newfound fame and success. While hiding from the limelight, Banksy has made himself into one of the world's best-known living artists. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his film Exit Through the Gift Shop. And he explores the contradictions of a champion of renegade art going to greater and greater lengths to control his image and his work.Banksy offers a revealing glimpse at an enigmatic figure and a riveting account of how a self-professed vandal became an international iconand turned the art world upside down in the process.. Once viewed as vandalism, his work is now venerated; fans hav
Ellsworth-Jones had no intention of revealing Banksy’s identity when he sought an interview with the artist, but he was refused. But his most impressive feat is his anonymity, which is zealously protected by his cultish followers and ace organization, Pest Control. --Donna Seaman . Formerly chief reporter for the Sunday Times of London, Ellsworth-Jones redresses his lack of an art historian’s fully dimensional perspective by candidly sharing his learn-on-the-go adventures and discoveries in a thoroughly ensnaring, eye-popping account of the paradigm-shifting innovations of a bold and brilliant masked artist. Secrecy feeds the flame of this thought-provoking, irony-steeped, unauthorized investigation into how a regular guy from Bristol elevated graffiti to a fine art only to find himself trapped in the paradox of bec
. He lives in London. Will Ellsworth-Jones was chief reporter and New York correspondent for TheSunday Times. His last book, We Will Not Fight, was a history of conscientious objectors in the First World War. He has written for The Daily Telegraph,The Independent,TheSan Francisco Examiner, and The Anniston Star
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