There are also some famous artists at work on London's streets, such as Banksy, who is probably one of the most well known stencil artists today. He started as a graffiti artist, but has become so well known, he now even has work shown in galleries and sold worldwide. However, true to his roots, he still makes work in the streets. A recent one showed a girl sewing a flag, it was on a wall in North London, but the wall was taken down and sold by the shop owner!
He had many stencils of monkeys in earlier work, policemen also, one famous one showing two policemen kissing. This is true to the subversive nature of street art.
Here is a photo of a typical Banksy stencil, uploaded to
Wikipedia for free use by Matt Whitby
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