In our world we have put great stress on being authentic. But what does this actually mean? Esepcailly as we have discussed for centuries in darkened corridors that we are almost never our "true" selves. No, we all wear masks of one kind or of another and some of these masks are so well-fittin that we do not even realise we are wearing them at all.
So, what happens to us when we engage with an artist such as Banksy who literally wears a mask at rare public inteviews or in his film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, so that he can say and do things that we all wished we could say and do ourselves. Addressing challenging and ever-present issues with pignant and humourous one-liner artworks, Banksy makes us first laugh and then wince, as we consider what is actually being presented before us: poverty, injustice, inequality, war, politics and a whole spectrum of social issues, historical and present day. View our current selection of Banksy signed and unsigned prints.
