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Just amazing work. What's the latest theory on who Banksy is? (My bet is that it's a small group of people).

by atonse 8y ago

westondeboer 8y ago
Banksy is just one dude. But he hires people to help complete his vision, Just like most major artists these days.
- danhak 8y ago
  This isn’t a recent thing. I’m no expert in this field but my understanding is that most of the old masters had a “studio” full of assistants and apprentices who were largely responsible for the work attributed to the artist.
  - randomsearch 8y ago
    Just a few days ago I was looking at a Canaletto that was really pretty rubbish. Apparently he never visited the scene of the painting - his assistants traveled, came back with sketches etc and he finished it off, apparently in a rush.
fullshark 8y ago
One of the guys behind the band Massive Attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Del_Naja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Del_Naja
- tptacek 8y ago
  This is a popular theory but hasn't been confirmed, and the evidence for it is pretty circumstantial, right?
  - mikefivedeuce 8y ago
    Correct. There's correlation with the band's tour dates and artwork popping up. Robin Gunningham is the other popular theory. Either could have been the "Rob" Goldie was referencing.
open-source-ux 8y ago
One of his earlier stunts (from 2005) was to smuggle a fake cave painting into the British Museum in London. It remained on display for three days before staff spotted it and removed it. What was the tell-tale sign it wasn't authentic? https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/7CA5/production/_101590913_banksy_hoax_brit_museum2.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/7CA5/production/...
- dddddaviddddd 8y ago
  This article has a picture with the info placard for the piece: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/16/ian-hislop-picks-banksy-hoax-for-british-museum-dissent-show https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/16/ian-hislop-p...
JoblessWonder 8y ago
I thought it was pretty much agreed it was Robin Gunningham?

Just amazing work. What's the latest theory on who Banksy is? (My bet is that it's a small group of people).

by atonse 8y ago

Just amazing work. What's the latest theory on who Banksy is? (My bet is that it's a small group of people).

westondeboer 8y ago

Banksy is just one dude. But he hires people to help complete his vision, Just like most major artists these days.

danhak 8y ago
This isn’t a recent thing. I’m no expert in this field but my understanding is that most of the old masters had a “studio” full of assistants and apprentices who were largely responsible for the work attributed to the artist.
- randomsearch 8y ago
  Just a few days ago I was looking at a Canaletto that was really pretty rubbish. Apparently he never visited the scene of the painting - his assistants traveled, came back with sketches etc and he finished it off, apparently in a rush.

fullshark 8y ago

One of the guys behind the band Massive Attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Del_Naja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Del_Naja

tptacek 8y ago
This is a popular theory but hasn't been confirmed, and the evidence for it is pretty circumstantial, right?
- mikefivedeuce 8y ago
  Correct. There's correlation with the band's tour dates and artwork popping up. Robin Gunningham is the other popular theory. Either could have been the "Rob" Goldie was referencing.

open-source-ux 8y ago

One of his earlier stunts (from 2005) was to smuggle a fake cave painting into the British Museum in London. It remained on display for three days before staff spotted it and removed it. What was the tell-tale sign it wasn't authentic? https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/7CA5/production/_101590913_banksy_hoax_brit_museum2.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/7CA5/production/...

dddddaviddddd 8y ago
This article has a picture with the info placard for the piece: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/16/ian-hislop-picks-banksy-hoax-for-british-museum-dissent-show https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/16/ian-hislop-p...

JoblessWonder 8y ago

I thought it was pretty much agreed it was Robin Gunningham?