标题: Banksy Finds a Canvas in the Ruins of Gaza [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 5-1-2015 10:56 标题: Banksy Finds a Canvas in the Ruins of Gaza Majd al Waheidi and Isabel Kershner, Banksy Finds a Canvas, and a New Fan Base, in the Ruins of Gaza. New York Times, May 1, 2015. www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/world ... in-gazas-ruins.html
Note:
(a) Will Ellsworth-Jones, The Story Behind Banksy; On his way to becoming an international icon, the subversive and secretive street artist turned the art world upside-down. Smithsonian Magazine, February 2013 www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult ... hind-banksy-4310304
("He was trying out names at the time, sometimes signing himself Robin Banx, although this soon evolved into Banksy. The shortened moniker may have demonstrated less of the gangsters’ 'robbing banks' cachet, but it was more memorable—and easier to write on a wall")
His true identity is unknown.
(b) photo caption: "A Banksy mural showing children swinging from an Israeli military watchtower as if it were a swing carousel."
For swing carousel, see swing ride
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_ride