If you’re looking for the ultimate in modern art, I direct you no further than one of my favourite artists out there, in any medium. His name is Banksy and he’s a graffiti artist. However he’s a little more than just a graffiti artist. The man is also a genius of his form. Reading Computer Arts for a couple of years came with getting introduced (although not as often as I should have been) to some true creatives around the world. Buro Destruct spring to mind, as do Identikal and more recently Banksy.

What sets this guy apart is that his graffiti has got a story to tell and it’s just plain clever. He’s got a message to convey and doesn’t mind going out of his way to convey that message. Rather than decreasing the collection in an art gallery (either by defacing it or stealing it) he increases it by adding one of his paintings amongs other in such notable areas as the Louvre (in Paris), the Tate (in London) and the New York Metropolitan Museum (in NY). The funniest aspect of it all is the CCTV camera footage that he includes in the book of him putting these paintings on the walls. The rest of the book will either make you smile or laugh out loud at what he’s trying to say.

What made me laugh even more was the quote at the back of the book by the London Metropolitan Police:

There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover

As he says himself, you either love him or hate him. His work can be seen in his book Wall and Piece or over on his website.