For us…

… Shepard Fairey created the movement.

… Banksy created the market.

Wooster Collective: The “Banksy Effect”

Friday, September 15th, was the first day of the exhibition, titled “Barely Legal.” Its location was not announced until that morning; the warehouse, situated downtown, off I-10, is not easy to find. Still, Keanu Reeves and Jude Law had shown up at a V.I.P. preview the evening before, as had Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who bought several pieces. “These days, everyone is trying to be famous, but he has anonymity,” Pitt told reporters. “I think that’s great.” The irony may have been lost on Pitt that one of Banksy’s publicists had invited him.

Banksy Was Here: Dept. of Popular Culture, The New Yorker

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