Do you see the name of the author of this post? Yep, that’s right, it’s not Steve OR Dylan. How did I happen to sneak up onto the scene? One answer could be that this is really Dylan writing this under a pseudo name of Phil. Too bad you are the dumbest person alive if you think that’s true. Here is the real answer: Dylan might be cool and Steve might be dope but Phil is dope AND cool.

My first post is going to be about vinyls.

No, I’m going to introduce you to the dope-est street artist: Banksy. Banksy is a graffiti artist whose shit is mostly in England (but recently his stuff has been seen in other countries). While most graffiti writers go around spraying their names on everything they see, Banksy is quite different. He rarely spray paints his name on a wall, rather he makes stencils of satirical and often-time comedic things (people, creatures, characters). All his pieces have a sublime message that is usually anti-government, anti-capitalistic, or against social norms. His stencilwork is distinctly his and fucking dope. Every piece you see by this dude makes you just saw Wow about three times.  Every, single, piece.

 

 

Banksy also pulls some pretty wicked pranks. In 2005, Banksy walked into the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Natural History and put up 8 pieces of actual artwork (of course he added his own touch to each piece) in the middle of the day. His shit wasn’t noticed until a full week later. In another stunt a couple of years later, he switched the little booklet of 1000 new Paris Hilton CD with a custom-made booklet of his own, poking fun of the blonde heiress.

A house that Banksy happened to deface was later sold for above market value. The Banksy piece was sold with the house thrown in for free. Banksy doesn’t go for the fame many street writers do, by getting their names on as many walls as possible. In fact his pieces are hard to find and new ones don’t show up that often. In fact fame is not at all what he wants, or at least he doesn’t show it. No one has ever seen Banksy. No one knows his real name, or age, or even his voice. Make sure to peep the pics and make sure to search banksy on the web and see all of his pieces because there are a crazy amount of them and they are all 100% sick.  Also the vid is a mustwatch if this artist interests you; it explains everything about him even better than I can.