Banksy

 

Banksy has to find a desired place where he wishes to produce his stencil designs with an idea of size, scale and space in which he has to work. Clearly there is a lot of preparation involved. By preparing each segment of the design stencils Banksy develops a grid like structure and format to follow, ensuring a realistic feel and proportionate design.

Banksy

 

The majority of Banksy work is purely visual with no text or explanation. This is quite simply because it doesn’t need it. Banksy work is based around the mind and our visual interpretation. He therefore visually communicates a message through shapes and their formation when put together in a simple, unique and powerful style.
As artist or designer a politically oppressive reaction will enhance any design, giving a reaction, energy and meaning to the work that we create. This is a principle integrated throughout my own work. Recently completing a campaign around sperm donation, I soon realised that promoting such a sensitive issue prompted a reaction, energy and meaning to the work in which I had created which made it more powerful and memorable as a piece of design. Banksy produced a collection of 9 large stencil designs onto Palestine’s 700 kilometres concrete barrier, separating itself from Israel; a very daring thing to do in such fragile territory. In-depth research would have been vital before starting this project, to outline any possible dangers in what he was planned to do. We are led to believe that he wasn’t daunted at the prospect, but instead found it an invigorating opportunity. A place in which he could turn the world’s most invasive and degrading structure into the world’s largest gallery of free space and visual art

Banksy Graffiti: Political Graffiti

Banksy graffiti: Political Graffiti in Spokane

This photo was taken with my iPhone on Market and Central in Spokane. I was driving home from Valleyfest and this caught my eye.
Occupy Land

Political/Social Graffiti wall