{"product_id":"banksy-the-man-behind-the-wall","title":"Banksy The Man Behind The Wall","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this fully revised and richly illustrated edition, author and journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a complete picture of the life and work of Banksy, perhaps the most iconic, enigmatic and controversial artist of modern times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This fully updated and illustrated story of Banksy’s life and career \u003cb\u003ebuilds an intriguing picture of his world \u003c\/b\u003eand unpicks its contradictions. Whether art or vandalism, anti-establishment or sell-out, \u003cb\u003eBanksy and his work have become a cultural phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e and the question ‘Who is Banksy?’ is as much about his career as it is ‘the man behind the wall’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From his\u003cb\u003e beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist\u003c\/b\u003e, his artwork is now\u003cb\u003e sold at auction for seven-figure sums\u003c\/b\u003e and hangs on celebrities’ walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary \u003ci\u003eExit Through the Gift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e was \u003cb\u003eOscar-nominated\u003c\/b\u003e and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNational Treasure than edgy outsider, \u003cb\u003ewho is Banksy and how did he become what he is today?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book charts Banksy's journey from the\u003cb\u003e graffiti-scrawled streets of Barton Hill\u003c\/b\u003e, the working class neighbourhood of Bristol where he and others\u003cb\u003e covered the walls with vibrant pieces while trying to avoid the police,\u003c\/b\u003e through to some of the most prestigious galleries of the world, where his\u003cb\u003e daring acts of guerilla art \u003c\/b\u003ehave forced us to reconsider how we define as art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the \u003cb\u003eartist's own words\u003c\/b\u003e to recollections of friends and colleagues, this book also examines the contradictions of Banksy's life: charting how a privately educated boy from a middle class area of Bristol\u003cb\u003e reinvented himself as a rogue and an outlaw \u003c\/b\u003ewho would take the art world by storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With\u003cb\u003e beautiful reproductions of some of his most controversial and recognisable works\u003c\/b\u003e, this detailed study is a truly indispensible guide to understanding the ultimate art rebel whose work is no less relevant today than it was when he first started out some thirty years ago.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305570312574,"sku":"NW9780711264328","price":16.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780711264328.jpg?v=1778667782","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/banksy-the-man-behind-the-wall","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}