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Banksyesque
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English
Alternative forms
en Banksy-esque
Etymology
From en w:Banksy -esque.
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of Banksy, an England-based street artist, political activist, and film director.
en 2012 Nicholas Gibbs John Murray Press Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned unnumbered https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/Writing_Television_Drama/QucoT5bxeAQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Banksyesque&pg=PT106&printsec=frontcover In amongst the tomes are classy souveniers from foreign travel. Over the mantelpiece is Banksyesque canvas which shows helmeted bobby and several CCTV and speed cameras staring out of the canvas.
en 2022 John Lennon University of Chicago Press Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification 129 https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/Conflict_Graffiti/d0xNEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Banksyesque&pg=PA129&printsec=frontcover The reasoning is very Banksyesque painting the wall is OK as long as it is outside the parameters of "normal." Ethics, apparently, is a question of aesthetic extraordinariness.
en 2024 Marijam Did Verso Books Everything to Play For: An Insider's Guide to How Videogames are Changing Our World 230 https://www.google.com.sg/books/edition/Everything_to_Play_For/B8_pEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Banksyesque&pg=PA230&printsec=frontcover A punk-zine equivalent of a videogame with DIY production, hardware included? Some revoltingly wonderful Viennese Actionism games? Or Banksyesque games found unexpectedly?
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