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mdezihanFor years the identity of art’s most notorious renegade has been a closely guarded secret - but a Mail on Sunday investigation suggests he's really a nice middle-class boy called Robin.
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Amber EngertThis article is about how the identity of Banksy was discovered. It also explains who he is and what he has done. This article also includes parts of his annonomous interviews that he has done.
This is a good article with lots of relevant info including topics like his family. They really tried hard to make sure you are aware of all the evidence they have on him.-
on walls in London, Brighton, Bristol and even on the West Bank barrier separating Israelis and Palestinians
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celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera.
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leaving an inflatable doll dressed as a Guantanamo prisoner in Disneyland, California, and hanging a version of the Mona Lisa - but with a smiley face - in the Louvre, Paris.
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true identity has always been a jealously guarded secret
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his real name is Robin Banks
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used to be a butcher
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Banksy is actually a collective of artists and doesn't exist at al
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a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia
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was formerly known as Robin Gunningham
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anti-authoritarian renegade
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'He was one of three people in my year who were extremely talented at art. He did lots of illustrations. I am not at all surprised if he is Banksy.
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undercover police arrested 72 artists across Britain on criminal damage charges
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become expert at evading police
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in 1998 that Banksy and Inkie collaborated with other graffiti artists on a 400-yard Walls On Fire hoarding around Bristol's Harbourside
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Inkie said: 'I helped Banksy organise the event but took a bit of a back seat and got pretty drunk on the day if I remember rightly
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I could have written him a cheque without a name on it or I could have given him cash
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Banksy shuffled into the Tate dressed as a pensioner and glued a picture to the wall - it stayed there for two-and-a-half hours - and demonstrated against the Iraq War.
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sold works to singer Christina Aguilera
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Angelina Jolie blew £200,000 on his art in 2006
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Banksy once told Swindle magazine: 'I have no interest in ever coming out. I figure there are enough self-opinionated a**holes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is
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Yu BaiermanOr as you may know him, Banksy
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