Bristol and beyond: Copenhagen exhibition explores early years of street artist Banksy

The exhibit, "Banksy & Street Art: The Early Years," at the Masters and Contemporary Art Museum (MACA), covers Banksy's work from 1989 to 2010.

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00:40 He was instrumental in, let's say,

00:43 introducing New York graffiti art and hip hop

00:47 to Bristol in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

00:54 Banksy was heavily influenced by Robert Del Niro

00:58 and is on record of saying that.

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01:23 I think the obscurity around his name

01:26 has created a lot of attention and intrigue.

01:31 Who is Banksy? It's very much like a Robin Hood sort of character.

01:34 I think that his sociopolitical messages are very clearly

01:38 in favor of the common person, in that he's not

01:42 afraid to convey his thoughts on injustices,

01:47 whether it be political or social or whatever.

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