Urban Art Association

sunday times 2/4, by saltandiron on Apr 2, 2007 14:46:04 GMT 1, Apologies if this has already been posted but I saw this in the sunday times on....er....sunday.....

The article is called Tomorrows Old Masters by Waldemar Januszczak who I think writes very well and knows his stuff. I might not always agree with what he writes but that's a good thing in my opinion.
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1576755.ece

number 20 on the list is of course...............


BANKSY

Chalk Farm mural (2006)

Once every decade or so, an artist emerges who isn't only churning out good work but seems also to be redefining what artists do. In the 1950s the great Richard Hamilton was such a figure. In the 1990s it was Damien Hirst. Right now, it's Banksy.

Nobody is supposed to know who Banksy is. He's a street outlaw, a mystery man, a guerrilla artist who pops up in our streets at nght and sprays graffiti masterpieces onto our walls. Or who sneaks into our museums and adds cheeky examples of his own work to their collections. His exploits are certainly fun to follow. And his amusing brand of agit-pop, passed on from website to website, circulating so freely in cyberspace, is perfectly judged for the current political climate. Ever since Angelina Jolie spent nearly £200,000 buying Banksy pictures at a show in LA, he has also metamorphosed into a thoroughly surprising art-market hit. It's probably too early to be certain that Banksy really is an artist of long-term significance. But my gut instinct is that he is.

Where is it? On the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1