some sort of Banksy retrospective
Semipermanent is an annual art festival held in Sydney, Australia. Banksy participated with a 12 meter panel. Melbourne’s Burn Crew, Dmote of Australia, 123Klan of France and Shepard Fairey also participated.
Photos: Gary Trinh and Semi Permanent
Santa’s Ghetto was a “squat art concept store” set up at Christmas, each year in different locations around London. The 2002 edition was held at The Dragons Bar in Shoreditch.
Banksy held his first Los Angeles exhibition, “Existencilism”, at the 33 1/3 Gallery. It opened on 19 July. Some of his most iconic work saw the light, such as “Love is in the air”, “Queen Victoria” and “Laugh Now”. A few years later he would be back in LA big time with Barely Legal.
Banksy’s second book sees the light in May 2002 and is heavier on rats than his first. “Like most people I have a fantasy that all the little powerless losers will gang up together. That all the vermin will get some good equipment and then the underground will go overground and tear the city apart”
In March 2002 Banksy heads up to Glasgow to participate in an exhibition at The Arches, a cafe/restaurant. Very little documentation remains.
Banksy goes to Barcelona, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles and Israel, where he paints the first stenciled version of the iconic “Love is in the air”.
Banksy publishes his first book of four up to date: “Banging your head against a brick wall” contains some very well written texts along images of his most prominent street art and some interesting originals. 54 pages in B&W. Some curious highlights:
