{"id":22567,"date":"2014-08-14T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=22567"},"modified":"2014-09-01T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:30:27","slug":"is-banksy-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/is-banksy-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Banksy Overrated? Some Street Artists Seem to Think So"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every time when someone mentions even the slightest interest in street art, you can bet that the name of Banksy will also be mentioned within the next two minutes or so. Most of these times, it will be the first name that comes up from the world of street artists, especially with people who admire the field from a distance and aren\u2019t really all that immersed into it. But while it\u2019s easier to remember particular works than names \u2013 especially if you\u2019ve seen the works firsthand or if they feature a topic or a reference you like \u2013 it\u2019s still easy to remember the name of Banksy.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know exactly what makes it so. Perhaps it\u2019s his fame in the first place, perhaps it\u2019s the elusive air of a concealed identity that contributed to the myth building and now he\u2019s such a myth in the scene that we don\u2019t really care or remember how it was before the Banksy craze even started. (For those of you which might be appalled of the go-to assumption of gender, please take note that there have been a few seemingly legit interviews<\/a> with the artist and while he still withheld any identification details, he confirmed to be a man.) The concealed identity and the somewhat subversive message of his art \u2013 even more subversive than street art is in itself \u2013 definitely contributed to the image of a modern day Robin Hood patrolling the cities and symbolically sticking it to the man. Perhaps that is the main reason for which Banksy has become such a huge favorite. But could it be that his days of glory have passed? Is Banksy overrated? Let\u2019s see what recent street art trends seem to indicate.<\/p>\n