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| Author: "banksy"
Publisher: Century
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 232
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1844137872
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.73
EAN: 9781844137879
ASIN: 1844137872
Publication Date: November 9, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Art for the people February 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Don't get me started on this, but...
If there's one thing guaranteed to get under my skin, then it's the way art has been hijacked by a few artists, exhibitors and buyers and transformed into a variant of the idiotic high fashion market, where only the happy few who are up to date with new lines of thought know what on Earth is going on. When Britain's only well-known artistic prize can be won by en empty room with a light bulb going on and off then the proverbial man in the street may feel that art, which surely should be for us all, has become elitist and irrelevant.
And so along comes Banksy, with art for the literal man in the street. Maybe it's that I collect super-hero comics, but I just love the whole secret identity thing. In a culture that is so sated with the idea of celebrity, here's an artist who doesn't want to be recognised so that he can be free to get on with his work. How refreshing is that?
But more, I love the work. Witty, thought provoking and, when at its best, as when pictures are painted on the wall the separates the Palestinians from Israel, they're downright powerful. (And to Banksy's great credit, he includes a brief conversation with an old Palestinian man which argues persuasively against painting on the wall).
Don't be fooled by the low price, it's a big book with hundreds of pictures. And don't pay attention to the couple of reviewers who complain about the quality of the printing. Honestly, I don't know what they're on about.
Highly recommended.
Wall and Piece September 23, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a brilliant book looking at the humorous, sometimes political, occasionally caustic and often thoughtful artwork of Banksy. It shows his most famous pieces, as well as demonstrating just how influential his style has become. This book has some fantastic commentary and quotes from Banksy that really add to the overall package and make you realise the ideas behind the art and artist. I found the paper quality to be excellent and I have to say I enjoyed this book more than expected and it left me with a new, deeper appreciation of Banksy's work. Highly recommended.
Top of the shop ! August 6, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bedside book or looside book , it's one of those tomes you pick up to flick through and can't put it down . I'm not big into graffitti , to me it's an urban menace , but art in this , it's simplest form , is eyeopening .
Keep it up Banksy ......... oh and as for the suited and booted idiots who painted out the wall at Old Street underground station :-<
If you are interested enough to look at the reviews, go ahead and buy this book June 10, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The work in this book will probably make you angry, make you laugh and inspire you in equal meassure.
An essential purchase for anyone interested in street art, modern design, urban fashions or.... even politics.
Some of the work in these pages reminds me of the visual way some of the Jewish prophets used to confront their contemporary society's ideas before the exile of Israel and Judah. Seriously.
Do buy this book, it's a good one.
Funny and Clever June 4, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Banksy is a great graffiti artist. If you like graffiti you should get this book. Banksy is so clever but is so funny at the sametime. This book shows most of his best pieces of art. You should get this book because it is worth the money!!!
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