banksy’s diamond girl
The mysterious mister Banksy. Street artist turned global influencer, still remains undercover.
This year, he strikes back with huge urban project, Dismaland,
a non-entertainment park filled with his work and over other 50 worldwide artists.
Celebrities love his work, Christina Aguilera owns three works by Banksy and Angelina Jolie spent a $307,000 on Banksy pieces in 2006.His collaboration with Damien Hirst, ‘Keeping it Spotless’, sold for over $1.8 million at auction in 2008.
His documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop made more than $5,308,618 at the US box office. He once asked to be paid only £1 to install a graffiti. One of his works – ‘This looks a bit like an elephant’ – accidentally got a homeless man evicted from his squat. When Banksy found out, he gave the man enough money to live on for a year to make up for it. He created ‘Pest Control,’ a group of experts who can tell a Banksy fake from the genuine article.
One of our favourite pieces is ‘A girl Holds a Diamond’ , made in Detroit.
