Banksy is a famous anonymous street artist from Bristol, England whose graffiti and mural style artwork often contains political messages. He began working in the early 1990s and has published several books of his artwork. One location Banksy has worked is the West Bank barrier, a controversial wall constructed by Israel along the Green Line border and inside the West Bank. The barrier is meant to prevent terrorism but is also criticized for restricting Palestinians' freedom of movement. Banksy's murals on the barrier depict themes of escapism and protest against the wall. He uses simple materials like spray paint and stencils to efficiently create large scale artwork with messages against unlawful barriers.

2. Who is Banksy?
• Banksy, a street artist whose identity is still unknown till today.
• Rumors that Banksy’s place of birth is Bristol, England – 1974
• His artistic career started in the early 1990s
• Artwork themes include political, greed, capitalism & war.

3. Banksy has released a few books
• Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall (2001)
• Banksy, Existencilism (2002)
• Banksy, Cut It Out (2004)
• Banksy, Wall and Piece (2005)
• Banksy, Pictures of Walls (2005)
• Banksy, You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat (2012)

4. Israel’s West Bank Barrier

5. Israel’s West Bank Barrier
• Names include; Separation Wall, Separation Fence, Security Fence,
Apartheid Wall/Fence
• Israel Government – “It protects civilians from suicide bombing and
terror attacks”

6. Location of the West Bank
Barrier

7. Historical Background
• In 1992, this idea of a construction of the wall was proposed by the
prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin.
• 1994 – First section of the barrier constructed
• 2003 – 180km of the wall constructed
• 2005 – Proposed length of route increased to 670km
• 2012 – 440km constructed
• Very little progress made in 2014

8. Construction of the West Bank Barrier

9. Structure of the West Bank
Barrier
• Most of the barrier is wire fencing, 3m high
• Reinforced with razor wire and 2m ditch
• In “riskier” areas, an 8m concrete wall is built.
• Built with watchtowers

10. • There are gates at
various points to allow
students to attend
school, farmers to
reach their fields, and
others.
• Troops are assigned to
check for their permits.

11. Layout of the West
Bank Barrier

12. Types of Mural Painting

13. Escapism
• A depiction of a small kid with only a chalk
• He can only dream of escaping the wall,
with his chalk drawn ladder.

14. Cut it out.
• One of the simplest art
• It’s like instructions, to cut open
something.
• In this context, to cut open the
wall.

15. Windows of
West Bank
• What lies beyond the wall,
could be a beautiful
mountain scenery.
• 2 chairs, possibly for
people to sit and enjoy the
scenery.

16. Up.
• A girl, trying to get to
the other side of the
wall.
• Her only hope is to let
her balloons take her
away.

17. Beyond the
Wall
• 2 kids, preparing their buckets and
shovels for a day in the beach.
• What lies beneath the wall, is a
beach.

18. The Secret
Escape
• A man, possibly a guard
“opening” part of the wall for
people to escape to the other
side.

19. “How illegal is it to vandalize a wall, if the wall itself has
been deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice?
– Banksy in his website introduction to his Wall project.

20. A conversation between Banksy and an old
Palestinian man
Old Man: You paint the wall, you make it look beautiful.
Banksy : Thanks
Old Man: We don’t want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall, go home.

21. Type of materials used for mural
painting
• For Banksy, his materials
used are fairly simple.
• Brushes
• Stencil + Spray Paint
• Stencil is usually hand drawn
or printed on a cardboard.

22. I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a
girl's face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an
intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key. - Banksy
- In his book, Wall And Piece; Banksy stated that he couldn’t finish his art
at one go, and would often get caught before completing.
- He used stencils to be more efficient.

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• References
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