Une plongée au coeur de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Banksy, depuis ses influences et ses premiers travaux jusqu'à son statut d'artiste international.
Pour quelqu'un qui fuit tellement les feux de la rampe qu'il tient son nom secret, Banksy est remarquablement célèbre. Bien loin des tags de ses débuts à Bristol, ses oeuvres se vendent des millions aux enchères et même les stars se les arrachent. Chaque nouveau Banksy passionne le monde entier, son documentaire Faites le mur ! a été nommé aux Oscars, et le public est prêt à faire la queue pendant des heures pour découvrir sa dernière exposition. Désormais plus trésor national que rebelle marginal, qui est Banksy, et comment en est-il arrivé là ?
Dans ce récit illustré et documenté de la vie et de la carrière de Banksy, le journaliste Will Ellsworth-Jones brosse le tableau de son univers et en dissèque les contradictions. Artiste ou vandale, activiste ou vendu, Banksy est désormais un vrai phénomène culturel.
For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for seven-figure sums and hangs on celebrities' walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was Oscar-nominated and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more National Treasure than edgy outsider, who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today?
In this fully updated and illustrated story of Banksy's life and career, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of his world and unpicks its contradictions. Whether art or vandalism, anti-establishment or sell-out, Banksy and his work have become a cultural phenomenon and the question 'Who is Banksy?' is as much about his career as it is 'the man behind the wall'.
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