After frenetic activity in previous years, Banksy slowed down in 2014. Six works are documented, all in the UK, and only one in London! One can assume that the Banksy team was preparing for 2015.
Category: UK
Street Art in the UK. 2012
Besides the stencils for the London Olympics, there were only a handful of street art pieces in 2012, all in the UK. Text-based is back.
Photos: http://www.banksy.co.uk
KING ROBBO VS. BANKSY. 2012
Of historical interest is the feud between Robbo and Banksy. The feud started in 2009 when Banksy painted over one of King Robbo’s tags in Camden. The initial tag was sprayed in 1985 underneath the British Transport Police quarters. The feud continued until King Robbo had a serious accident in 2011, leaving him in a vegetative state until he died in 2014. His real name was John Robertson. The following sequence is a tribute to Robbo, as it appeared on Banksy’s website in 2012:
Screenshots: http://www.banksy.co.uk
London Olympics. July 2012
Banksy stencilled four motives in London on the Olympic theme.
Photos: http://www.banksy.co.uk and http://www.arrestedmotion.com
Banksy directs another documentary; The Antics Roadshow. August 2011
Channel 4 aired a documentary produced by Paranoid Pictures on civil disobedience, performance street art, and ambitious pranks. Banksy wrote and directed together with Jaimie D’Cruz, who also directed Exit Through the Gift Shop. Absolutely brilliant.
Click on the link and you can watch the amazing Antics Roadshow:
OCCUPY LONDON. OCTOBER 2011
On the same note, in October 2011, Banksy showed his support for the Occupy London movement by installing a new piece at St. Paul’s Cathedral. The sculpture consists of a modified Monopoly board with the hotel covered in graffiti, including a TOX tag and an unshaven Monopoly mascot begging for change with his top hat.
Street Art in the UK. 2011
After spending some months in the US in the first half of 2011, Banksy returned to the UK for the summer—one piece in Liverpool, maybe two in Bristol, the rest in London.
Photos: http://www.banksy.co.uk, http://www.arrestedmotion.com
Marks & Stencils. London, 27 November 2010
The collective exhibition, “Marks & Stencils,” opened on November 27 on 1 Berwick Street near Leicester Square. The French artist Dran stands out as the most prominent participant among the other artists. The exhibition had some new Banksy originals for sale and also the “Choose your weapon” print, which sold for 450 GBP. Pictures of Walls organised the event.
Street Art UK. 2010
After Banksy’s tour of the US following the premiere and promotion of Exit Through the Gift Shop, he was back in the UK for the summer and fall of 2010. He also visited Glastonbury, where he stencilled the crazy hippies and filmed a prank with Prince Charles.
GLASTONBURY. JUNE 2010
Banksy revisited the Glastonbury Festival where he did the ‘Aggresive Hippies* and also a memorable prank with Prince Charles.
The official clip of the prank with Prince Charles at Glastonbury:
PIER PRESSURE INSTALLATION AT THE BRIGHTON PIER. AUGUST 2010
Banksy vs Bristol Museum. June 2009
It’s probably one of Banksy’s best shows ever and one of the most visited art exhibitions in the UK.
From Bristol Museum’s website:
“In the summer of 2009 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery was taken over by an extraordinary exhibition of works by the infamous Bristol artist Banksy. Overnight the museum was transformed into a menagerie of Unnatural History – fishfingers swimming in a gold-fish bowl, hot-dogs and chicken nuggets. Paintings were placed in amongst the historic collections of Old Masters, sculptures and other pieces dotted around throughout the museum displays. The main entrance was transformed into a sculpture hall, accompanied by a burnt out ice-cream van that pumped out an eerie sound-track of warped tunes, whilst a giant ice-cream melted on its roof.
Before long, people queued around the block to get into the exhibition, some as long as seven hours just to be part of this unique phenomenon. Over 100 works by the artist – most of which had not been shown before – were displayed.
Banksy left one sculpture behind. Pictured above is the Angel Bust – or the paint-pot angel which is currently on display at the museum. He also gave another work to the museum of a sculpture of Jerusalem, which was made by another artist called Tawfiq Salsaa – you can see it in our online collection.”
Source: Bristol Museum
Street Art UK. 2009
At least seven pieces in the UK in 2009, and the start of the King Robbo vs. Banksy feud.
King Robbo vs. Banksy
Of historical interest is the feud between Robbo and Banksy. The feud started in 2009 when Banksy painted over one of King Robbo’s tags in Camden. The initial tag was sprayed in 1985 underneath the British Transport Police quarters. The feud continued until King Robbo had a serious accident in 2011, leaving him in a vegetative state until he died in 2014. His real name was John Robertson. The following sequence is a tribute to Robbo, as it appeared on Banksy’s website in 2012:
Screenshots: http://www.banksy.co.uk
Street Art UK. 2008
Besides the Cans Festival in May, there are only a few, possibly three, documented street art pieces in the UK for 2008.
Banksy unofficial 