Hip Hop Rat (c. 2008)
Artist: Banksy
这幅涂鸦作品的特色是黑白蜡染的老鼠。班克斯（Banksy）经常将老鼠的形象用作代表自己的个性化象征，因为他像他的涂鸦艺术家的前辈布莱克·勒·拉特（Blek le Rat）一样，与这种活跃于夜间的城市居民生物产生了亲密关系，以逃避恐惧和根除。他说：“如果您感到肮脏，微不足道或不受欢迎，那么老鼠就是一个很好的榜样。它们未经允许就存在，它们不尊重社会等级，并且每天发生50次性行为。”
This graffiti piece features a black and white stenciled rat. Banksy often uses the image of the rat as a personalized symbol representing himself, as he, like his graffiti artist predecessor Blek le Rat, felt an affinity with this city-dwelling creature that is active at night in order to evade apprehension and eradication. He says, "If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day."
自1990年代以来，班克斯（Banksy）迅速扬名国际，可以说是即使不是最知名的当代街头艺术家之一，尽管他通过保持自己的真实身份保密来保持匿名。他的作品在拍卖会上以数十万甚至数百万美元的价格出售。他的大部分工作（尤其是在他早期的工作中）都使用了模具，从而使他可以在几秒钟内执行碎片，并且未被当局发现。自2000年代初以来，他还执行了其他未经批准的干预措施，包括雕塑和表演。他的大部分工作旨在提供政治和社会批评。士兵和警察以及流行的文化偶像（如罗纳德·麦克唐纳（Ronald McDonald）和米老鼠（Mickey Mouse））反复出现在他的许多作品中。他画了四幅关于全球变暖的壁画，标志着2009年联合国气候变化大会的结束。其中一个词句是：“我不相信全球变暖”。2005年，他前往以色列-巴勒斯坦西岸隔离墙，在该墙上执行了9幅壁画（包括一只鸽子，上面装有防弹背心，胸口上方有一个心形目标，一个小孩在梯子下伸展到墙顶） ，以及一个气球被一群年轻女孩抬起的轮廓）。
Since the 1990s, Banksy has rapidly risen to international fame, arguably becoming one of, if not the most well-known contemporary street artists, despite maintaining anonymity by keeping his true identity a secret. His works have sold at auction for hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars. Much of his work (especially in his earlier days) used stencils, allowing him to execute pieces in a matter of seconds and remain undetected by authorities. Since the early 2000s, he has also executed other types of unsanctioned interventions, including sculptures and performative actions. Most of his work aims to offer political and social criticism. Soldiers and police officers, as well as popular cultural icons (like Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse) recur in many of his pieces. He marked the end of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference by painting four murals on global warming. One included the phrase, "I don't believe in global warming" submerged in water. In 2005 he traveled to the Israel-Palestine West Bank barrier wall and executed nine murals on the wall (including a dove with a bulletproof vest and a heart-shaped target over its chest, a child beneath a ladder stretching to the top of the wall, and the silhouette of a young girl being lifted upwards by a bunch of balloons).
班克斯还举办了各种著名的展览，例如2006年在洛杉矶仓库里举行的Barely Legal展览，其中有一只活着的印度象，上面涂有与粘贴在仓库部分的墙纸相同的红色和金色花卉图案。大象被展示了。当动物权利活动家抗议大象的介入时，这引起了争议。但是，该节目非常受欢迎，有几位好莱坞知名名人出席。班克斯的另一场展览《班克斯与布里斯托尔博物馆》（2009年）展示了班克斯自己对著名历史绘画以及动画，雕塑和装置作品的看法。
Banksy has also held various notable exhibitions, such as his 2006 Barely Legal show in a Los Angeles warehouse, which featured a live Indian elephant painted with the same red and gold floral pattern as the wallpaper that was pasted up in the section of the warehouse where the elephant was displayed. This created controversy, as animal rights activists protested the elephant's involvement. However, the show was immensely popular, with several A-list Hollywood celebrities in attendance. Another one of Banksy's exhibitions, Banksy vs. Bristol Museum (2009) featured Banksy's own take on famous historical paintings, as well as animatronics, sculptures, and installations.
喷漆-伦敦
Spray paint - London
閱讀更多 藝術局 的文章
