Iconic Artist Banksy Interviewed (and Photographed!)

The cover of Banksy's new DVD, releasing Monday.

Laughing Squid alerts me to a momentous interview with iconic guerrilla street artist Banksy, in today’s issue of UK Tabloid The Sun. The interview includes the first-ever photographs of Banksy working in his studio. No, this isn’t one of the signs of the Apocalypse; his face is pixelated or turned away.

If you’re unfamiliar with Banksy, read this. But the short version is that he’s at once the Godfather, Patron Saint and Lord High Executioner of art pranking and street art, a graffiti artist whose iconic use of stencils and opportunistic street elements has made him one of the biggest influences in contemporary art. One of his recent pranks included replacing 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s new album with 500 copies of his own. Banksy is famously reclusive, in part because his entire style of art is mostly illegal, but in part, I’m sure, just to fuck with people.

The interview precedes the release of his DVD Exit Through the Gift Shop, which comes out Monday.

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