Like the sentiment found in the, “ Simpsons Already Did It” South Park episode, Banksy’s work often draws criticism derivative nature. Many trace this influence to Blek le Rat, a French stencil artist. This technique offered speed and efficiency while tagging in the open streets. The son of a photocopier engineer, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s.'īanksy found his edge with a shift toward stencil art. was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. As stated in the book Stencil Graffiti, “. At this level, one becomes fame, but how does this fame influence the creative process? Is one ever supposed to stay up? Banksy is one of the few street artists to achieve this status and cross over into the art world in a massive way.ĭue to the anonymous nature of the graffiti artist's persona, very little has been confirmed about the formative years in Banksy’s life. What happens, though, when one achieve up-ness? That threshold beyond the rest: worldwide recognition. “Getting up” is a journey, implied in the future-tense of the language. Putting paint to the wall for the world to sit and wonder - how? - and more importantly: why? This is not done out of expectation that it will last forever, but as an affront to the fact that nothing will.

Silver has shown an even slower increase, on average 1.20% between 20 and an overall decline of 1.42% within the timeframe of 2010-2020.‘Getting Up’ is something graffiti writers aim to do. A classic case of low-risk low-return investment, the gold market promises a much slower growth than the stunning rate at which Banksy’s rats jumped to ten times their 2008 prices by 2020. Investment returns on gold have picked up between 20 by 8.26%, but looking at the bigger picture, growth between 20 has progressed at a much slower rate, 2.50%, with some fluctuations between 20. The prices of Banksy’s works, on the other hand has shown a steady increase and will progress to do so due to the artist’s regular output and rapidly growing popularity on the art market. Between 20 it dropped by 6.24% and is continuously fluctuating, influenced by various unpredictable geopolitical factors.

Oil might be one of the most conventional modes of investment, however, figures by S&P GSCI between 2010 to 2020 show the average annual return on crude oil dropping by 10.48%.

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