Can’t decide what to be this Halloween? How about a Banksy
…Milwaukee resident Jason McDowell dressed as a famous piece of street art by the anonymous artist known as Banksy. The original work is on a wall in West Bank’s biblical city of Bethlehem. Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images
Jason McDowell: Banksy was the first street artist to make me recognize that there can often be more to graffiti than a simple scribble or a defacing of property. There can be repeating themes and deeper social analysis, from small observations to grand ideas. I don’t know if it’s “real art” or if it’s worth zero or $1,000,000 but Banksy does have a knack for getting people to think about their surroundings…
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Awesome.