BANKSY is a masked artist from Bristol, a port city in western England. It is said that he is also a university teacher, film and television director, and political activist. No one knows his true face, just as his date of birth and real name are unknown, full of legend and enigmatic speculation. From the late 1990s to the present day, he has received international attention for illegally painting social caricatures using spray paint and stencil designs on streets around the world.
In 2005, he successfully sneaked into famous museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and exhibited works without permission and other guerrilla activities. His most famous work, Balloon and Girl, depicts a girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon, making him the number one favorite work of art in the UK (2017).
In addition, approximately 150,000 people visit Dismaland in London, England, an art and satirical theme park that opened for a limited time in 2015. In addition, "Balloon and Girl" exhibited at Sotheby's auction in 2018 was immediately torn into pieces after being sold for about 150 million yen, becoming a hot topic.?
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