Banksy Identity almost revealed...

    For those of you who are not familiar with Banksy, he is a street artist from Bristol, UK, and has become pretty fucking famous these past few years for his work around the world.  His popularity has continued to grow since the release of, "Exit Through The Gift Shop" which was released on March 5, 2010.  You can get your copy here!

Check out the movie trailer below:

It is a behind the scenes look at the world of a street artists and the constant obstacles and bullshit they must conquer on a daily basis in order to share their vision with the world.  I have included just a few of Banksy's pieces below including the counterfeit English note he created and was documented in the film.  He removed the Queen's head and replaced it with Princess Diana's.  He printed upwards of a millions dollars worth of the counterfeit note.  Well played sir.

Counterfeit English Note

If you would like to learn more about this street artist, check out his website.

Now that we have that background information out of the way, let's get down to the point of the post.  It was recently brought to my attention, from the help of Miss Liz, that some asshole spent three years of his life searching out the true identity of Banksy.  Why would anyone feel the need to do that you may ask, well my friends, it's a little word called GREED and it is amazing to see the lengths people will go for just a little more of that fix.

Turns out that after three years of constant searching and multiple jerk-off sessions, this joker actually found out!  You can read more on the story, here.  There were a total of 38 bids on a piece of paper with the artist's real birth name on it, that's it, a cum stained napkin with some dudes name on it.  Highest bid, a cool million.  In the end, the seller withdrew the offer and said this, "I spent three years finding the answer.  I was paid off, now I can tell you nothing.  All I can give you is this photograph." (movieweb.com)

Normally, I would supply you with the photograph, however, this post would be bullshit and go completely against its intention if I did, so if you want to see it, google that shit!

What is wrong with people today?  We have this incredible street artist, whose has been able to keep his identity unknown for his entire art life and someone decides to come along and destroy the entire allure that is Banksy.  It's similar to unmasking a superhero, if everyone knew that Spider-man was actually some little bitch named Peter Parker, people may stop wanting to be saved.  "I'm being robbed, spider-ma.., nah, fuck that douche, I can't let fucking Parker save my ass."

If Banksy's identity was revealed to all his followers, it would impact his artwork tremendously.  The messages behind his work and the symbolism is so powerful, it can only come from someone anonymous because if it turns out that Banksy is some guy named Steve who works at the Quickie Mart, the message doesn't carry the same power.

To end my rant I am glad that this character was paid off and if it was a hoax, which is not Banksy's style in my opinion, then that's fine too.  As long as he remains anonymous, his art and his message will continue to carry the same message.


Thanks for reading,
AM