Banksy

Banksy is a London based artist/designer, who uses stencil art as a way to publicly highlight contemporary issues. He started in the 90's and has become a well known activist in London, where his images can be found on many streets, including buildings, pavements, etc.
Banksy as he is known does his stencil work illegally as it is a form of graffiti, but his work is really clever, and it certainly draws peoples attention to it. He deals with subjects such as anti-war, anti-capitalist, and also anti establishment, as well as many other issues.
Banksys work is really effective, because not only does he create great graphic imagery, but he then stencils his images in places that help give his work more impact.
Here are some images that Banksy has created

If you want to find out more about Banksy or just take a look at some of his work take a look at the websites below. One is the offical Banksy website and the others are websites containing some of his work.
http:www.banksy.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0IJSOq0xg
http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Banksy/banksy.htm
-Kristy