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December 2020, Aileen Markin who lives in England, Bristol, was very angry because someone painted graffiti on her house's wall. Also, that was the house for sell! She concerned that the price of her house drops because of that graffiti.

But then, Decemer 11th, one instagrammer took a picture of that graffiti and upload in his instagram. Then her house, which was about 0.4 million won, suddenly went up to 7.2 billion won! He proved that the graffity painted himself. So artists estimate her house worths 7.2billion. She instantly canceled house's sale.

The painter of that graffity was the world's most famous graffiti artist, Banksy. Banksy has 10million followers on instagram. And also 'a movie director', and 'a social activist', lastly, 'an unidentified person'. Eventhough, he started activity since 90's but he's identity is unknown yet. Many people tried to find out who it is. But they all failed. The only found out is he born in England, Bristol 1974 and he is white. Appearing at night, painting in a flash and disappearing to avoid being discovered.

Banksy's most famous anecdote that clearly reveals the world of his work, happened in October 2018, at Sotheby's auction in London, England. Banksy's work was sold for 1.5 billion won, and as soon as the auctioneer hit the hammer declaring a bid, Banksy's painting suddenly went under the frame and was torn into thin, long pieces. Everybody couldn't help them exclame. They had been 'Banksy-ed'. The next day, Banksy uploaded a video about installing grinder on his frame on his instagram. Also, he wrote under the video : "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge" - Picasso.

He hates art work being traded at an exorbitant price. Among his work, he inserted 'I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MORONS ACTUALLY BUY THIS SHIT' so he taunts the art market. And he secretly exhibited his work, exhibiting prestigious museums, including the Louvre Museum in France, the New York Museum of Art, and the American Museum of Natural History. Example, he carved the person who pull a cart and exhibited naturally between the Stone Age relics on display, as if it were originally there. That makes no sense but everyone couldn't notice something strange including staffes. Only then did he revealed that he secretly exhibited that rock, that museum pull down the rock. Banksy taunted museum staff and art work lover who can't differentiate between real masterpiece and prank.

Also, Banksy resisted the things that have authority with graffity. Like vested interest, capitalism, consumerism, and imperialism. On the other hand, he has deep affection about week and isolated people. Recently, he is having a lot of attention for refugee problem. In a refugee town in Calais, northern France, he painted a mural of Steve Jobs, the son of a Syrian immigrant, to positively suggest the social settlement of refugees. And he spent 100% of his own money building a hotel right in front of an 8-meter-high separation barrier that Israeli forces installed in the Palestinian conflict zone. May, 2017, that 3 floored hotel opened. Because of that hotel, people could think about the nessisary of separation barrier. Then he donated hotel to palastine community. He said : "If we take our feet from the conflict between the strong and the weak, we're not neutral, we're taking sides with the strong."

He also drew his work at a cash-strapped youth center and disappeared, selling paintings for over a billion won to help the center overcome the financial crisis, and in COVID-19 politics, he presented a work called to a British general hospital to cheer for the medical team at the front line.

Solid authority doesn't easily collapse. So maybe we need an artist like Banksy.

Someone becomes a police officer to make a better world.

And someone becomes a destroyer to make a better world.

-BANKSY-