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Wikipedia describes Banksy as an \u2018anonymous England-based street artist, vandal, political activist, and film director, active since the 1990s\u2019 and we couldn\u2019t do any better than that! While the artist is officially anonymous, it is fair to say that Bristol is his or her believed home as most of his earliest work originated on our streets. Some of the finest street art in Bristol can be credited to or is inspired by the mysterious artist. Here\u2019s what we know:<\/p>\n

What do we know about Banksy?<\/h2>\n

The only thing we can be 100% sure about is the artist\u2019s immense talent and his ability to use his satirical street art to create a very unique social commentary the topics of which many find unsettling. As previously mentioned, infamous street artist Banksy <\/a>is believed to have started his street art career in Bristol and a number of his pieces survive today visible on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the city. His works of political and social commentary are often in a distinctive stencilling form but can often come in larger, more 3d forms like the famous tank on display in the Moco Museum in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

Banksy\u2019s work<\/h2>\n

It is estimated that Banksy lived & graffitied in Bristol roughly from 1990\u20131999, moving to London in 2000. His work has evolved<\/a> over the two decades in operation, but the message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. Subjects often include rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly.
His first known large mural was \u2018The Mild Mild West\u2019, painted in 1997 Stokes Croft in Bristol. It depicts a teddy bear throwing a supposed Molotov cocktail at three police officers in riot gear. Since then the art has been in many different mediums, from banknotes (Banksy notes) distributed at festivals, prints of famous faces altered to send a specific message (The Queen, model Kate Moss, Mona Lisa etc) and a 30-foot mural, entitled Fragile Silence on the side of a mobile home, which subsequently sold for an amazing \u00a3500,000.<\/p>\n

Banksy Tours in Bristol<\/h2>\n

You can enjoy a weekend in Bristol while taking in the artwork of one of Bristol\u2019s most popular and mysterious residents. Banksy is known worldwide and worth an astonishing \u00a338million, so we are honoured and privileged to have some of his notable works on public display in the city. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public “installations” are regularly resold, often by removing the wall they were painted on. The artist is an opposer of \u201ccommercial success\u201d and has discouraged people from buying his work but that doesn\u2019t stop people cashing in.<\/p>\n

\nSome of the works that can be seen on a Banksy walking tour<\/a> in Bristol include:<\/p>\n