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Graffiti Drawings By Banksy
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In August 2004, Banksy produced a quantity spo British £10 notes substituting the picture the Queen's head with Diana, Princess Wales's head and changing the text "Bank England" to "Banksy England." Someone threw a large wad these into a crowd at Notting Hill Carnival that year, which some recipients then tried to spend in local shops. These notes were also given with invitations to a Santa's Ghetto exhibition by Pictures on Walls. The individual notes have since been selling on eBay for about £200 each. A wad the notes were also thrown over a fence and into the crowd near the NME signing tent at The Reading Festival. A limited run 50 signed posters containing ten uncut notes were also produced and sold by Pictures on Walls for £100 each to commemorate the death Princess Diana. One these sold in October 2007 at Bonhams auction house in London for £24,000.
In August 2005, Banksy, on a trip to the Palestinian territories, created nine images on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier. He reportedly said "The Israeli government is building a wall surrounding the occupied Palestinian territories. It stands three times the height the Berlin Wall and will eventually run for over 700km—the distance from London to Zurich. "
Banksy held an exhibition called Barely Legal, billed as a "three day vandalised warehouse extravaganza" in Los Angeles, on the weekend 16 September. The exhibition featured a live "elephant in a room", painted in a pink and gold floral wallpaper pattern.
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