dont be silly. the entourage do it for me.

It is entirely irrelevant.

Banksy is a brand, and the product is art. As with any brand, there is a complex manufacturing process for it's products and by-products that involves many different players on many different levels.

Welcome to the art world!

Does it also bother you that Banksy does not do his own screen printing of his print editions?
Or that Banksy hires Charlie Becker to create his sculpture pieces and statues?
Or that D*Face did the graphic design for the Di-Faced Tenners?
Are you bothered by the fact that Banksy has a publicist?

Big business is big business, and Banksy is BIG business. This is the way any brand operates, and more directly, any major gallery artist operates. A lot of people are financially vested in Banksy's art and future and for that reason, there is a multi-faceted team that operates purely in the interests of Bankys's success. And, as with any brand, brand Banksy has to answer to his shareholders who have purchased his art on the high end, this means putting on shows, doing print releases and streetwork to create sales and interest on the low-end that can drive prices on the high-end, reiventing the brand in new and exciting ways ala Exit Through the Gift Shop, and so on. Do you see where this is going?

As a fan, what you are buying into is brand "Banksy", and the creative vision of "Banksy".

So, as I said, whether or not Banksy does his street work any more is entirely irrelevant. Just enjoy it.

Great reply BK83.

Hey muti with regards "he is too high profile to get arrested", come on it would not be difficult for the Police or the Government of any Country to get his name and prosecute him, BUT having others involved/doing the work gives you a wonderful alibi as you can prove you were having mojitos somewhere elsewhere when the event occurred

I admire the risks that individual artists/groups take when placing art and having been involved in one or two installations myself the BUZZ is amazing.
Sam

Worth a mention that it's Glastonbury, which some might say is the largest gathering of creatives,tad different from working on the street

In reply to the question, Hell no! It's all about the message (tad naive maybe)

Before Banksy was a household name I remember it rumoured he has a team of people putting up pieces and his name, kind of spoiled it for me at that point. But if you look at who is involved in his friend network, Feek, Lokey, Eine, Mace (to name a few confirmed helpers)etc it becomes fairly obvious he uses/used their help for a lot of the work you may have seen and assumed he did on his own. Perhaps its something we all choose not to take notice of to preserve the purity of the art in our minds.

Thing is, most writers work in crews when out anyway, how is Banksy having people out with him so different to that?

Burning Candy do