Wall and Piece PDF Ä Wall and PDF/EPUB or Banksy is an England based graffiti artist political activist and film director of unverified identity His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling techniue His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets walls and bridges of cities throughout the world Banksy s work grew out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D a graffiti artist who later became a founding member of Massive Attack an English musical groupBanksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self built physical prop pieces Banksy does not sell photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti but art auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of its removal in the hands of the winning bidder Banksy s first film Exit Through the Gift Shop billed as the world s first street art disaster movie made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival The film was released in the UK on 5 March 2010 In January 2011 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary for the film In 2014 he was awarded Person of the Year at the 2014 Webby AwardsBio from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia