MoveOn.Org. Monday, October 10, 2011 Freaking News: WEST BANKSY pictures A tribute to that great Iconoclastic graffiti artist Banksy!" Banksy  isthe pseudonym of a UK  graffiti artist , political activist, film director, and painter. His  satirical   street art  and subversive  epigrams  combine irreverent  dark humour  with  graffiti  using a distinctive  stencilling  technique.