Radio Production: Banksy Research

For my radio production with Carlina and Ant we have chosen to do a piece on Banksy with the main aim of it being trying to answer the question "is it art or graffiti?"

So, for a bit of inspiration and a place to start I have done some research on the artist.

Banksy is an anonymous artist who is believed to be from Bristol. His work is often very topical on things to do with political and social issues.
Banksy started in the early 1990's as a freehand graffiti artist in the underground Bristol scene. After a few years he developed his work with stencils rather than just free hand as it took less time to create a piece.



One aspect that we want to include in our radio show is to take a look at his recent exhibition in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery it was his largest exhibition to date with over 8500 visitors on opening weekend and a grand total of over 300000 visits during its 12 week stay.

Here is a compilation of clips found on Youtube relating to the event:


Controversy
Keep Britain Tidy spokesperson Peter Gibson is one who considers Banksy's work graffiti, even going as far as to say it is "simple vandalism". Another spokesperson from the organisation Diane Shakespeare goes one step further in saying: "We are concerned that Banksy's street art glorifies what is essentially vandalism".
This article by Charlie Brooker also goes to some lengths of rubbishing Banksy.