A world of influence: Banksy & Bristol
Our culture goes through constant stages of reinvention. “If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission,” says Banksy, the most famous graffiti artist of our time. By choosing to display his art on publicly visible surfaces, he skillfully turns city streets into giant museum halls and us into perpetual observers. Banksy’s philosophy of “spending less time to make the picture than it takes people to look at it,” caters to our immediacy driven culture.
It’s ironic that Banksy himself remains perfectly anonymous, while making all of us part of his art by using public spaces as his canvas. Just go on to Instagram and search for Banksy and you will be surprised at the multitude of places where his work is spotted – as if there’s a Banksy in London, one in New York, another in Amsterdam. Spotting a Banksy has become a badge of honor. And what greater honor is there than going back to the source, where the Banksy magic started? Bristol, in south-west England.
