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The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. The guy is well known and very much part of the establishment.

celticninja 5mo ago
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- slopinthebag 5mo ago
  What are you talking about?
parpfish 5mo ago
so why don't you share who it is with the rest of the class? why help perpetuate his (her?) secret identity mystique
- hactually 5mo ago
  > Banksy was born Robin Gunningham but later took the name David Jones long been known as establishment friendly
  - neonstatic 5mo ago
    It's pretty obvious once you look at the art - it has a very specific political leaning, which also happens to have been the predominant one in the UK since Blair.
    - actionfromafar 5mo ago
      closet-fascist?
      - neonstatic 5mo ago
        Europe has gone so far left-wing, that not-left-enough are called fascist :)
    - throwaway27448 5mo ago
      Blind?
- jrflowers 5mo ago
  https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-a...
NomDePlum 5mo ago
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songshu 5mo ago
I’ve been on this for 20 years. The guy has coffee table books! He cashes checks! He took something that was previously done anonymously and for free, put his name on it and started charging for it. Good luck to him, but anonymous he is not.
phainopepla2 5mo ago
He also ripped his style off Blek le Rat and the political element to his work is jejune.
- pavel_lishin 5mo ago
  Would you say that it's shallow and pedantic?
  - phainopepla2 5mo ago
    Shallow yes, pedantic not really
hn_throwaway_99 5mo ago
> The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. I know saying RTFA is supposed to be against the HN guidelines, but it takes an amazing amount of confidently ignorant chutzpah to declare something "a complete myth perpetuated by the popular press" when the subtitle of this article literally states: > less than two months after a journalism investigation into Banksy’s true identity was published

celticninja 5mo ago

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slopinthebag 5mo ago
What are you talking about?

parpfish 5mo ago

so why don't you share who it is with the rest of the class? why help perpetuate his (her?) secret identity mystique

hactually 5mo ago
> Banksy was born Robin Gunningham but later took the name David Jones long been known as establishment friendly
- neonstatic 5mo ago
  It's pretty obvious once you look at the art - it has a very specific political leaning, which also happens to have been the predominant one in the UK since Blair.
  - actionfromafar 5mo ago
    closet-fascist?
    - neonstatic 5mo ago
      Europe has gone so far left-wing, that not-left-enough are called fascist :)
  - throwaway27448 5mo ago
    Blind?
jrflowers 5mo ago
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-a...

NomDePlum 5mo ago

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songshu 5mo ago

I’ve been on this for 20 years. The guy has coffee table books! He cashes checks! He took something that was previously done anonymously and for free, put his name on it and started charging for it. Good luck to him, but anonymous he is not.

phainopepla2 5mo ago

He also ripped his style off Blek le Rat and the political element to his work is jejune.

pavel_lishin 5mo ago
Would you say that it's shallow and pedantic?
- phainopepla2 5mo ago
  Shallow yes, pedantic not really

hn_throwaway_99 5mo ago

> The idea that Banksy's identity is unknown is a complete myth perpuated by the popular press. I know saying RTFA is supposed to be against the HN guidelines, but it takes an amazing amount of confidently ignorant chutzpah to declare something "a complete myth perpetuated by the popular press" when the subtitle of this article literally states: > less than two months after a journalism investigation into Banksy’s true identity was published