![]() If you are interested in buying or selling genuine authenticated Banksy prints or original art works, please contact the Theodorus Gallery team directly. Banksy contributed the foreward to Del Naja’s book ‘3D & the Art of Massive Attack’, while Del Naja appeared in Banksy’s ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ documentary, and so on.īut is it all just a hoax if they are one and the same? Is Banksy just a Massive Attack super fan? Or are Robin Gunningham and Robert Del Naja an elite street art duo, stealthily stencilling their way around the world? Until the real Banksy comes forward with some confirmation or clarification the elusive artist’s identity remains a mystery. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Forget what you heard a source tells PEOPLE that legendary (and mysterious) street artist Banksy is not in fact Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack. Banksy and Robert Del Naja Friendshipīanksy and Del Naja have made no secret of their friendship and admiration for each other’s work. As the singer and creative director with Massive Attack he has provided the majority of the band’s artwork including the piece pictured here. 3D was a respected graffiti artist before he became a musician. Incidentally also the hometown of 43 year old Robin Gunningham – the man recently unmasked as Banksy by scientists as part of a geoprofiling study.ĭespite an eight year age gap, Del Naja and Gunningham could well have got to know each other through the Bristol graffiti scene. Additionally, the 51 year old hails from Brisol – the same town as the elusive graffiti prankster is believed to call home. ![]() His urban canvases and prints have even been sold alongside Banksy’s. Williams sets out multiple occasions in which the timings and locations of new Banksy art installations match with Massive Attack tour dates and venues. Also, how the themes of some of these pieces align with 3D’s publicly held views, including his support of pro-Palestinian causes.įurther commonality includes the fact that 3D, the band’s frontman who is better known in the art world as Robert Del Naja, is also a contemporary artist. Although Massive Attack could not account for all of Banksy’s artwork, he found some compelling evidence to point to either a. Banksy’s art is often satirical and contains political and social commentary. However, given the number of these coincidences and the valid arguments Williams puts forward, it does seem there may be something to them. Massive Attack started as a spin-off production quartet in 1988, with the independently released song, 'Any Love', sung by falsetto -voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then they signed to Circa Records 8 in 1990committing to deliver six studio albums and a 'best of' compilation. Williams lists dozens of locations across the globe where the appearance of Banksy murals and Massive Attack tours seem to have coincided. Springing from rumours going back to 2010 that a street art team was responsible for spraying the work, his hypothesis is based on various potential coincidences. Williams believes that ‘Banksy’ is actually an artist collective rather than one specific person, with Del Naja (pictured) playing an important role in the group. Journalism graduate, Craig Williams from Scotland, posted his theoriesonline about the guerrilla street artist’s true identity. Unmasking the street art OG has taken an unexpected twist as a new theory names 3D from trip hop group Massive Attack as the real Banksy. ![]() Williams joins Tom Power live from Glasgow, Scotland to explain how he figured it out.News Is 3D from Massive Attack Really Banksy? Journalist Craig Williams came up with one of the leading theories when he investigated this mystery two years ago: he believes that musician Robert Del Naja of the band Massive Attack might be behind it all. With a new Banksy exhibit opening today in Toronto, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit the mystery of the elusive street artist's true identity. and then on walls all around the world, including Israel's separation wall and walls in post-Katrina New Orleans. His work has become incredibly valuable, with galleries selling his paintings and sculptures for more than half a million dollars. It's one of the art world's biggest mysteries: who is Banksy? The British street artist's politically charged images have become hugely popular over the last 20 years, and yet, no one knows his true identity.īanksy first gained fame for his stencilled spray-painted works that appeared overnight in public spaces around the U.K.
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