他，紅遍英倫、紅遍歐洲、紅遍世界。這么說(shuō)毫不夸張：他是自個(gè)兒把自個(gè)兒涂紅的。從倫敦的墻涂到巴黎的墻，世界很多大城市都被他涂過(guò)。人們把他叫做涂鴉大師，更確切地說(shuō)，涂墻大師。全天下正在為他發(fā)狂，他隨手扔掉的比薩餅的空盒都在eBay上賣到$100多，說(shuō)是含他的基因。這就是Banksy！想了解這個(gè)神秘的涂鴉藝術(shù)游擊隊(duì)員嗎？跟我來(lái)吧！

●Banksy其人●

Banksy was born in 1974 in Bristol，England. The son of a photocopier engineer， he was trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti in the great Bristol， when he was 14 years old. His artworks are often satirical pieces of art which encompass topics from politics， culture， and ethics. His street art， which combines graffiti with a distinctive stenciling technique， has appeared in London and in cities around the world.

班克斯出生于1974的英國(guó)布里斯托鎮(zhèn)，父親是一位影印廠的工程師，曾想讓班克斯當(dāng)一名屠夫，但在他14歲時(shí)，班克斯便在偉大的布里斯托鎮(zhèn)開(kāi)始了他的涂鴉生涯。他的藝術(shù)作品大多對(duì)政治、文化、權(quán)威等方面具有諷刺意味。他將涂鴉和個(gè)性的Stencil模版畫(huà)緊密結(jié)合的街頭藝術(shù)品，呈現(xiàn)在倫敦以及世界上的其他城市。

At the beginning， in order to evade the policemen ， every painting of his must be completed in very short time ，or under cloak of darkness。Later， he designed the Stencil at home first and then， no matter how complex the painting is， he can easily complete in a short time at the street corner. His arts were ironical and so facetious that the policemen maybe can not help laughing at them. Because he persist in such a style， having his own color，Banksy got a good reputation gradually.

最初，由于要躲避警察，他每幅作品都必須在極短的時(shí)間內(nèi)完成，或者用黑夜做掩護(hù)。后來(lái)他在家先設(shè)計(jì)好模板，這樣一來(lái)，再?gòu)?fù)雜的畫(huà)，他都可以在街上用短時(shí)間完成。他的畫(huà)大多具有極強(qiáng)的諷刺意味，幽默感極強(qiáng)，估計(jì)警察看后都會(huì)忍俊不禁。他作畫(huà)一貫如此，風(fēng)格自成一體，漸漸地，受到了大家的關(guān)注。

Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war， anti-capitalist， anti-establishment or pro-freedom. Subjects include animals such as monkeys and rats， policemen， soldiers， children and the elderly. He also makes sculpture and was responsible for the cover art of Blur's 2003 album Think Tank.

班克斯的紙模涂鴉中諷刺、幽默的圖像有時(shí)會(huì)與一些口號(hào)結(jié)合。它們表達(dá)的信息是：反戰(zhàn)、反資本主義、反正流派、支持自由。這些圖畫(huà)包括猴子、老鼠等各種動(dòng)物，還有警察、士兵、孩子和老人。班克斯同時(shí)也做一些雕塑，還是Blur 2003年專輯Think Tank 的封面責(zé)任設(shè)計(jì)者。

In August 2004， Banksy produced a quantity of spoof British ￡10 notes substituting Princess Diana's head for the Queen's and changing \"Bank of England\" to \"Banksy of England\". These notes have since been sold was on eBay for about ￡200 each. One of these was sold in May 2007 on eBay for $35，000.

2004年8月，班克斯制作了大量假的10英鎊鈔票，將戴安娜公主的頭像換成了女王的，并將“Bank of England”改為“Banksy of England”。這些假鈔在易趣網(wǎng)上被拍賣至約200英鎊一張。其中一張竟在2007年5月賣到了35，000英鎊。

On 7 February 2007， Sotheby's auction house in London auctioned three Banksy works and reached the highest ever price for a Banksy work at auction of over ￡102，000 for his Bombing Middle England. Two of his other graffiti works， Balloon Girl and Bomb Hugger， sold for ￡37，200 and ￡31，200 respectively， which were well above their estimated prices. The following day's auction saw a further three Banksy works reaching soaring prices. On April 27th 2007， a new record high for the sale of Banksy's work was set with the auction of the work Space Girl Bird fetching ￡288，000 ($576，000)， around 20 times the estimate at Bonhams of London.

2007年2月7日，倫敦Sotheby拍賣行拍賣了Banksy的3幅作品，他的Bombing Middle England以102，000英鎊的高價(jià)達(dá)到了其作品的歷史最高記錄。而其余兩幅作品Balloon Girl和Bomb Hugger也分別賣到了37，200英鎊和31，200英鎊，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高出了對(duì)它們的估價(jià)。第二天的拍賣會(huì)上，另外3幅作品又脫穎而出，賣至天價(jià)。2007年4月27日，班克斯的作品Space Girl and Bird以驚人的57萬(wàn)6千美元?jiǎng)?chuàng)下了他作品拍賣的新高，是倫敦Bonhams估價(jià)的20倍。

During an interview when asked about his techniques， Banksy said \"I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl's face on some billboard...\"

在一次采訪中，當(dāng)被問(wèn)到他的創(chuàng)作技法時(shí)，班克斯說(shuō)：“我使用做畫(huà)所需要使用的一切。有時(shí)候這意味著在廣告牌一個(gè)小女孩臉上畫(huà)胡子……”

●Banksy其事●

Once Paris Hilton， successor of the Hilton family， released a new album. Because Banksy does not like her， he changed pictures of hers on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite and with a dog's head and replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes on the day the new album was released. He had doctored 500 copies of her debut album Paris in 48 record shops across the UK. No one noticed it and these 500CDs were sold 1ly. But no customers had complained or returned a doctored version. These 500 customers owning the doctored CD were the most fortunate， for it was not easy to get Banksy's authentic work.

一次，希爾頓家族的繼承人Paris Hilton出版了新專輯。班克斯不喜歡她，便在她發(fā)行專輯當(dāng)天，把CD架海報(bào)上她的照片換成了美國(guó)社會(huì)名流和一只狗頭，專輯封面也換成了他自己的設(shè)計(jì)。那天他換了倫敦48個(gè)音像店的500張CD。當(dāng)天也沒(méi)有人注意到，這500個(gè)CD就被錯(cuò)賣掉了。但沒(méi)有顧客抱怨或退還。應(yīng)該說(shuō)這500個(gè)假CD擁有者才是最幸運(yùn)的，能擁有班克斯親手畫(huà)的東西可不是每個(gè)人都可以求到的。

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debut：處女作。第一張專輯叫debut album，第一次演出叫debut show，第一次巡演叫debut tour，甚至第一次在美國(guó)露面也可以叫American debut。

◆編輯：譚添夏