{"id":1992,"date":"2023-11-29T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T01:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T01:38:09","slug":"banksys-identity-finally-revealed-in-lost-bbc-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/banksys-identity-finally-revealed-in-lost-bbc-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksy\u2019s Identity Finally Revealed in Lost BBC Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Since\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_banksy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"banksy\">Banksy<\/a>\u00a0emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s, one of the most intriguing aspects of the Bristol-based painter has been his identity. Over the years, various people have been linked to the moniker, among them\u00a0Gorillaz\u00a0co-creator\u00a0Jamie Hewlett, a comic book illustrator who also co-created\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\">Tank Girl<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Massive Attack\u00a0co-founder Robert Del Naja, based on the fact that both hail from Bristol and Del Naja also dabbled in graffiti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Now, an unearthed\u00a0BBC\u00a0recording from 2003 appears to confirm that Banksy is indeed a Robert, just not Del Naja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">In an interview between the up-and-coming street artist and former BBC arts correspondent\u00a0Nigel Wrench, ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\">Banksy\u2019s\u00a0<em>Turf War<\/em><\/a>\u00a0show in East London in the summer of 2003,\u00a0Wrench asked if he could use Banksy\u2019s real name in the interview, citing that\u00a0<em>The Independent<\/em>\u00a0had already used it.\u00a0Wrench then asks if his name is \u201cRobert Banks,\u201d and the artist replies, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\">It\u2019s Robbie<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">An edited version of the recording had recently been used as part of the BBC podcast series\u00a0<em>The Banksy Story<\/em>, which was released in July. Wrench, after listening to the podcast series, was inspired to revisit the full original recording and discovered the pivotal information about the artist that was never used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">In the newly surfaced interview a young Banksy also speaks about whether graffiti should be considered vandalism.\u00a0\u201cIf it\u2019s done properly it is illegal! But I got a good reaction I think off most people from my work. You know, I\u2019ve even had policemen in the past say they kind of like things about it, but\u2026 I just think it\u2019s my right to go out and paint it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\u201cAnd it is equally somebody else\u2019s right to go out and paint over it if they don\u2019t like it, you know? It doesn\u2019t actually take very long with a bucket of white paint to paint over things. I think it\u2019s better if you treat the city like a big playground, you know? It\u2019s there to mess about in, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since\u00a0Banksy\u00a0emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s, one of the most intriguing aspects of the Bristol-based painter has been his identity. 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