“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited… Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it’s wet”

             (BANKSY, WALL AND PIECE, LONDON 2006, P. 97)

Apparently born in Bristol in 1975, Banksy's location as well as real name is not publicly known. Little more can be added to the plethora of information currently available on the artist known as Banksy. Google the name and it would take some time to disseminate all the data surrounding him and his work, be they street pieces or gallery canvasses and screenprints. Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's sitting, uninvited, in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum.

Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. Witty and subversive, his stencils show elephants with weapons of mass destruction, policeman with smiley faces, rats with drills and umbrellas. If you look hard enough, you'll find your own. His statements, incitements, ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals.

His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific. His auction records speak volumes for the popularity of his art which is included in some of the most important private collections in the World.

Artificial Gallery is bringing to you some of his most iconic works and motives, that are highly sought-after and a great addition to every collection.