Childhood was once filled with magic. Hours were lost watching magicians pull rabbits out of tall hats and doves out of modest handkerchiefs. No matter how many magical apparitions we’ve seen, the sudden appearance of an object never failed to fill us with innocent wonder. The impossible seemed perfectly plausible for a few brief moments.
Then comes adulthood and nothing magically appears anymore. The disappearances, however, are many – your monthly salary, your precious time, the elected political representatives who used to appear endlessly with glittering speeches about a promised paradise, your faith in universal goodness and of course your peace of mind. The last item, unfortunately, is mostly irreversible.
The art world, however, has brought back the magic of unexpected appearances. The man responsible is the anonymous artist Banksy. For the uninformed, Banksy is a street artist whose identity remains unknown despite decades of speculation. Since the 1990s, the elusive artist has challenged authority and commented on all that is wrong with the world, turning public spaces into secret canvases. His artworks appear overnight without warning, delivering witty satirical messages before the world wakes up. Truly the wizard of the art world!
