Banksy
Subtitle: the man behind the wall
By: Will Ellsworth-Jones
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781781310403
Subjects: Graffiti artists; Biography
Description: 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. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for six-figure sums and hangs on celebrities' walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was Oscar-nominated and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more National Treasure than edgy outsider, who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today? In the first attempt to tell the full story of Banksy's life and career, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of his world and unpicks its contradictions.
Notes: Originally published: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.