Post by dodcoquelicot on Dec 19, 2016 16:30:30 GMT
VIDEO - After Rome last spring, next the great retrospective of the famous artist of street-art will be held in Antwerp, on January 13th. The place where works of the mysterious graffiti artist will appear should remain unknown of the public until the last moment… Red balloons to celebrate its arrival. This Sunday, December 18, in Antwerp, vast to release balloons was organized upstream of the exposure The Art of Banksy, which will settle in the Belgian city on January 13th. A nice homage with the most famous work of the artist, representing an young girl in black and white holding a red balloon, symbol of peace and softness imagined by Banksy in support for all the victims of the Syrian conflict. As brings it back the Belgian daily newspaper the Evening, the artist, faithful to his legendary discretion, once again lets plane the mystery on the place chosen for his future exposure. An always mysterious identity Another mystery, and not of least, that of the real identity of the graffiti artist, does not finish any fascinating the very many fans of the artist. Last September, a British journalist, Craig Williams, agitated the planet street-art by affirming that Banksy was not other Robert Del Naja, member of Massive also known Attack under the name of 3D, was dissimulated under the hood of this figurehead of urban art. Mow! The cofounder and singer of the group had quickly brought a cruel denial to the theory of Craig Williams, declaring at the time of a concert at Bristol: “The theory according to which I will be Banksy is completely foolish. ”, before adding pretty “We all are Banksy”. Behind Banksy some would also hide… Robin Gunningham. To arrive to this conclusion, a research team of the University of Queen Mary thoroughly recalled the order of appearance of the various graffiti of Banksy to Boston, her hometown, and London. While resorting to a technique known as of “geographical shaping”, did the “investigators” go up the track of this Robin Gunnigham, living in the immediate vicinity of each place personalized by Banksy… Coincidence?
" lol I like born in " Boston "
