Bansky, a true artist

Today's post is recognizing a very famous and inovated guerilla marketer by the name of Banksy. Banksy is the alias name of a well-known yet anonymous English graffiti artist from Yate, which is near Bristol. Bansky has had a very interesting career, showing his artwork in London and many other worldwide cities. The work he does encompass topics from politics, culture, and ethics. He does less brand promotion but is still respected as a guerilla artist.
Bansky uses stencils to create his message, which feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. One of Bansky's famous work took place in Los Angelas in 2006. He held an exhibition called Barely Legal, which was three day, 3-D warehouse show. The exhibition featured a live elephant, which was painted in a pink and gold floral wallpaper pattern.
Bansky's work is ment to be enjoyed and, I believe, "push peoples buttons". He uses his images and work to express his thoughts. One controveriouly stunt he pulled was during the release of Paris Hilstons debut CD. In September 2006, Banksy replaced up to 500 copies of paris Hilton's Paris CD in 48 English music stores with his own cover art and remixes by DJ Danger Mouse. The tracks on the CD we're renamed "Why am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?". The album cover shows Paris Hilton topless. Another inside picture featured her stepping out of a luxury car, with a groupd of homeless people, and the caption stated Woody Allen's famous line "90% of success is just showing up". Before stores were able to remove them, several copies of the CD were purchased by the public. Some of these CD's were then sold for as much as £750 on online auction websites.
This is just one example of what Banksy has produced in his lifetime. He is an artist worth paying attention to and I am excited to see what else he has to show. He has a blog and "shop" that you can look through to get a better idea of what he is all about.