Banksy

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the

comfortable. Banksy

Who is Banksy?
True identity has not been revealed
Graffiti in hometown in Bristol, England
DryBreadZ Crew

Stencils instead of free hand

Adoption of the rat

Uses his art to express political and social commentary

Satirical
Quirky
Dark humor

Theme
Freedom, Responsibility, and Justice
Refugees in France
Oppression in Palestine

Human Rights and Global Justice

London Olympics 2012
Disneyland Stunt

Freedom, Responsibility, and Justice

Refugees in France
The Jungle
Refugee camp in Calais

Police conducted raids to clear

refugees
Tear gas and rubber bullets used

Refugees trying to reach the U.K

through port city

Banksy spray-painted mural on

the French embassy in London.

Oppression
in constructs
Palestine a
2000: Israel
protective border
Israel claims its for protection

against terrorism
Security border racially

segregates Palestinians
2014: Abduction and Murder of

three Israeli girls

Israel blames Hamas fires

Missiles

Oppression In
Palestine

Oppression in Palestine Cont.

Refugees in
France
That Damned Fence p. 149

Human Rights and Global Justice

Anaheim, California 2006
Disneyland
Stunt
Life sized Guantanamo
Bay detainee

London Olympics 2012

replica
Remained in place for 90 minutes
Guantanamo detainees human rights

violated
Torture

Sexual assault

Sensory/Sleep Depravation

Mock Executions

Forced Medication

Chinese sweatshops used to

make Olympic pin badges

Trade Union Congress (TUC)

officials investigate sweatshops

Child labor was discovered
Up to 11 hour work days

Disneyland
Detainee

2012 London
Olympics
Is All Morality Gone?
Condemning ISIS, and
beyond, in a World of
Suffering pp 309 - 313

 The greatest crimes in the world

are not committed by people

breaking the rules but by people
following the rules. It's people who
follow orders that drop bombs and
massacre villages. -Banksy

Citations
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/28811.Banksy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zytpn39
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
http://www.complex.com/style/2013/11/banksy-greatest-works/2012-lon

don-olympics-pieces

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/banksy/11436286/Banksy-in-Gaza-Str

eet-artist-goes-undercover-in-the-Strip.html

http://thejusticecampaign.org/?page_id=273
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12119274/New-interactive-Les-

Miserables-Banksy-artwork-outside-French-embassy-in-London-criticise
s-use-of-teargas-in-Calais-refugee-camp.html

Citations Cont.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5335400.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier