The Mystery of Banksy's Identity

 

The contents of the news stated that Banksy's real identity was a 38-year-old man named Paul Horner. He was detained by Palestinian police in collaboration with the London Anti-Graffiti Force.

The first was a report entitled "Banksy Arrested, Identity Revealed" on the National Report website which stated that Horner was Banksy's real identity. The now-deleted article managed to attract 4.8 million people to read it. The author of the article was none other than Horner himself. The Washington Post described Horner as, "a hoax serialize and National Report author." It's actually easy to detect that the content in the National Report is fake news. How not, their motto is, "America's Shittiest Independent News Source." But many people already believe. After posting the news, Horner received dozens of messages from Banksy fans. On his Facebook account, Horner received support and praise. In an interview with the Washington Post, Horner admits that making up fake stories about Banksy is entertaining, as well as making money. He sold a T-shirt that said "I AM BANKSY" for $32.5. But then he realized that the lie had gone too far. "I'll say it: I'm not Banksy," Horner said. Striving to Find Banksy's Identity the sheer number of readers of Horner's article, as well as the reprocessing of the hoax, shows how obsessed the public is with Banksy's identity. This also shows that Banksy is an influential graffiti artist. Although his true identity is still a mystery, there are some pieces of his life that have become public knowledge.

According to Tristan Manco in his book, Stencil Graffiti (2002)

Banksy is the son of a photocopy technician. He had trained as a butcher. But the graffiti trend in the late 1980s changed the course of his life. In an interview with Smithsonian Magazine, it is known that Banksy moved to the Barton Hill district. Still in Bristol, the area is "hard." Most of the population is working class and unfriendly to foreigners. "When my dad was little, he used to get beaten up there," he tells fellow graffiti artist Felix Braun. He started doing graffiti too. It was then, in the late 1980s, that a graffiti fever hit Bristol. Banksy Gas Mask had made a name for himself: Robin Banx, a kind of pun from robbing a bank, aka robbing a bank. Banksy then became increasingly involved in freehand graffiti. In the early 1990s, Banksy joined the Syndicate DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ). Two other artists who are members of DBZ are Kato and Tes. Both Kato and Tes do a lot of graffiti on themin the corners of Bristol, alongside other artists like Perm or Vers. At the age of 18, he was drawing a train carriage with his friends. Suddenly the British Transport Police arrived, making the group of teenagers blush. Some of his friends were able to run away immediately. Banksy himself was left behind. Then Decided To Hide Under the Train Carriage

 There, among the screams of the police looking for him, he saw a stencil of aerosol numbers. He realized that the stencil method was more effective. "After I made my first stencil," Banksy told his friend, writer Tristan Manco, "I could feel his power. I loved his political lines. Stencils have a history, they were made to start revolutions and stop wars." One of the first works to make his name known in Bristol was The Mild Mild West. The mural, which is located in a building with exposed brown bricks on the Stokes Croft segment, depicts a bear preparing to throw Molotov cocktails at 3 police officers with shields. Beneath it was a scribbled Banksy's name, complete with an exclamation point. This mural was made in 3 days. Now, as the name already famous Banksy couple, this mural to be one appeal Bristol.