How Banksy saved art history

How Banksy saved art history (Hardback)

Grovier, Kelly (Author)

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£25.00

Few would dispute that Banksy is the most famous urban artist in the world today. That he is also one of the most perceptive art historians of our age might come as a surprise to many. Taken together, the myriad memorable works the street artist has created over the course of the past thirty years, since his emergence in the Bristol underground scene in the early 1990s, constitute an audacious commentary on the history of image-making - a captivating critique waiting to be pieced together. Armed with little more than stencils, spray paint and an anonymizing cloak of after-hours darkness, Banks...

ISBN (SKU)

9780500027059

Pages

207

Weight

856g

Dimensions

246x195x26

Imprint

Thames and Hudson

Published

11, September, 2024

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