[audiobook] Sri Lanka Style: Tropical Design and Architecture by Channa Daswatte at Arts-Photography

Description

For someone who shuns the limelight by concealing his real name; never showing his face and never giving interviews except by email; Banksy is remarkably famous. In his home city of Bristol; in Los Angeles; in London; in New York; wherever there is a Banksy exhibition there is always a huge queue. His book of his art; Wall and Piece; has sold over a quarter of a million copies. Such is the commercial value of his work that people have hacked an entire wall off a building because it bears some of his graffiti. But who is this man; how did he become what he is now; what makes him tick? How far can we get to know and understand someone who goes to such lengths to keep his distance from us? Now; in the first full-length book about Banksyrsquo;s life and career; Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of the world in which he operates. He talks to both friends and enemies; those who knew him in his early unnoticed days and those who have watched him try to come to terms with his new-found fame and fortune; and asks what; ultimately; this enigmatic character and his lifersquo;s work add up to.