He really is everywhere!
In Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Dubai… and even in Beirut, at ABC Verdun… Known for his street art, Banksy’s prints carrying revolutionary and anti-capitalist messages have spread everywhere.
His drawings are his signature and his brush leaves its trace on city walls, just like revolutions. Rats, children, soldiers, policemen and celebrities represented turn the city into an open-air museum… Banksy was there!
The World of Banksy, the immersive experience exhibition is an incomparable journey into the realm of the streets’ master who has crossed all borderlines and gained worldwide fame.
“I don’t know what it is about people exposing the details of their private lives publicly. They forget that invisibility is a superpower.” The exhibition is an open museum to graffiti artists, stencil enthusiasts, lovers of urban art and all types of people… Why not say to rats too, given the famous rat that often recurs in Banksy’s drawings; “If you’re dirty, insignificant and unloved, rats are your ultimate role model.”
Known for being a political activist, his messages denounce capitalism, his satirical street art and cartoons combine black humor and graffiti. His political and social statements invade the streets, stick on the walls, lie under the bridges, and spread all over the world. “People tend to believe that if they dress like a revolutionary, they don’t have to act like one.”
Also, “Copyright is for losers.” These days, we might just prove him right…
*Paris, 44 Faubourg Montmartre Street, The World of Banksy, The immersive experience, a permanent exhibition.