Banksy art prints has taken the world literally by storm. The fabulously graffiti that Banksy propounded, is controversial but is also attractive enough to hit the art connoisseur right in the eye. The artist Banksy was born in Bristol, is in fact a one public relation machine besides being a wonderful artist. This street art prints and images have turned out be a global phenomenon. He is famous all over the world although there are some conservative people who would like to call him notorious and not famous. He is known for his stunts too such as hanging his artwork on his own is very stuffy galleries, spraying on the walls of the BBC headquarters, Bethlehem and Palestine. Banksy must have become a multimillionaire many times over with the advent of the internet. His prints are as good as, if not better than Shepard Fairey prints.
Like a lot of factors in life with fame comes a lot of frustration too. Banksy has abused the law is certain subtle ways so he is unable to call in the law to safeguard his artwork in any form. In his formative years he was like any other prankster although he did paint a few wonderful prints. Whoever owns Banksy art prints can easily become a millionaire today by selling his work. But with advent of the internet other problems have cropped up too. If you search the internet you can find thousands of canvases of Banksy’s work. Most of these works are copies that have been ripped off the internet. International laws of copyright can be used to govern the lawlessness over the internet, but the problem is very big and pulling of these rip offs from the online source is a daunting task.
Some of the Banksy art prints available online, are not genuine and are photos and images of the originals. It is good to realize that scanning an artists’ paint is illegal if it is done without the artists’ permission. It is also illegal to sell these scanned copes. Normally the gallery gets the artists’ permission and then goes ahead to commission the reproduction of the art. This relationship is wonderful and has worked for many years. This way the artists get rewarded adequately and also have the freedom to create more such exciting work in the future. But the case of Banksy’s art prints is very different, as he has created a situation that is very different. The artists’ places is work for sale in a public place, which is not exactly legal. This way he is literally giving the right to photograph to the public. According to the prevailing laws once you take a photograph of any public setting or object, as a photographer you own the rights to the picture and not the artist or Banksy in this case. Many of the online stores make profits by selling these pictures of Banksy art work and not the original. So if you want the originals then then it is best to research well and find out all you need to know about street art and then make your investments.
Like a lot of factors in life with fame comes a lot of frustration too. Banksy has abused the law is certain subtle ways so he is unable to call in the law to safeguard his artwork in any form. In his formative years he was like any other prankster although he did paint a few wonderful prints. Whoever owns Banksy art prints can easily become a millionaire today by selling his work. But with advent of the internet other problems have cropped up too. If you search the internet you can find thousands of canvases of Banksy’s work. Most of these works are copies that have been ripped off the internet. International laws of copyright can be used to govern the lawlessness over the internet, but the problem is very big and pulling of these rip offs from the online source is a daunting task.
Some of the Banksy art prints available online, are not genuine and are photos and images of the originals. It is good to realize that scanning an artists’ paint is illegal if it is done without the artists’ permission. It is also illegal to sell these scanned copes. Normally the gallery gets the artists’ permission and then goes ahead to commission the reproduction of the art. This relationship is wonderful and has worked for many years. This way the artists get rewarded adequately and also have the freedom to create more such exciting work in the future. But the case of Banksy’s art prints is very different, as he has created a situation that is very different. The artists’ places is work for sale in a public place, which is not exactly legal. This way he is literally giving the right to photograph to the public. According to the prevailing laws once you take a photograph of any public setting or object, as a photographer you own the rights to the picture and not the artist or Banksy in this case. Many of the online stores make profits by selling these pictures of Banksy art work and not the original. So if you want the originals then then it is best to research well and find out all you need to know about street art and then make your investments.