Bank$y is an immediately recognizable name pertaining to street art. Known for his stenciling techniques, the English artist is vocal about his subversion of society. Qualifying graffiti and street art as a medium of artistic protest, Bank$y says, “if you don’t own a train company then you go and paint on one instead.”(3) Challenging the so-called powers that be, Bank$y and other street artists express their criticisms of society through their art, location, and subject matter. Artfully juxtaposing stenciled images in relation to their surroundings and calling attention to societal problems allows Bank$y to express his disillusionment with different facets of the world. Such as in the images above, he uses a child to portray his disillusionment with the political process and war, specifically juxtaposing a little girl patting down a soldier or painting over a stencil. As such, Bank$y demonstrates the absurdity of such concepts and their relevance to even the most innocent members of society.
3. Losowsky, Andrew. “Banksy Graffiti: A Book About The Thinking Street Artist (PHOTOS).” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2016.