You don’t know his face. But you’ve seen his message.
He moves through cities like a ghost with a spray can.
No press. No selfies. No interviews.
Just silence, stencils — and impact.
He’s tagged war zones, Disneyland, museum walls, and the West Bank barrier.
He’s made rats scream louder than presidents, and little girls hug bombs instead of teddy bears.
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
— Banksy (or maybe just his wall)
From Bristol to global walls
Banksy started in Bristol, UK — a city known for music, rebellion, and sound systems.
In the 1990s, his stencils started showing up overnight:
rats, cops, apes, queens, kids — always with a twist.
He fused dark humor + street anger + clean stencil aesthetics.
And the world took notice.
🎯 He broke into the art world — by breaking its rules
While galleries were selling oil paintings, Banksy:
- snuck his work into the Tate without permission
- installed fake art in the British Museum (that stayed up for days)
- shredded his own painting at Sotheby’s… right after it was sold
His art mocks the system — and the system still buys it.
The mask is the message
Banksy remains anonymous.
Not because he’s afraid — but because he doesn’t want to become a product.
He is a symbol, not a celebrity.
And that’s why his work hits harder.
He could be anyone. He could be you.
Why it matters to us
At Wish Discover, we wear messages — not trends.
Banksy didn’t paint to fit in. He painted to cut through the noise.
That’s our aim, too.
No name tags. No clean bios. Just ideas sprayed loud.
→ Art is a weapon. Street is the gallery.
