10 Women Street Artists Who Are Better Than Banksy

[ismnotwasm]

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Don't get us wrong, we like Banksy just fine. We followed his every move last year as he turned the entire city of New York into an outdoor exhibition. There are many reasons to love the anonymous street art king, from his social crusades to his innovative use of the internet as gallery space. He's just far from the only street artist to be utilizing these tools, even on a massive scale, reports Huffingtonpost.



Last month The Guardian covered Bambi, a woman street artist they dubbed "the female Banksy." However, after looking at Bambi's portfolio, comprised mostly of renderings of celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Amy Winehouse and Cara Delevingne, we have to say, we can do better. Just because Bambi sounds (sort of) like Banksy, doesn't mean she's the automatic heir to the street art throne.

On that note, allow us to introduce 10 badass female artists we'd choose over Banksy any day.

http://www.dailyseni.com/index.php/home/news/k2-items/k2-categories/k2-tags/art/item/1194-10-women-street-artists-who-are-better-than-banksy

1. KASHINK



2. Miss Van


3. Clare Rojas



4. Lady Pink



7. Lady Aiko



8. Faith47



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( I'm a big fan of street art)

[Veganhealedme]

1. Visually stunning! Thanks for posting..

I can sit and look at these all day.

[Warpy]

2. I love the exuberance of street art

and there's plenty of it in NM, some of it even commissioned by the city from time to time.

It's nice that women are getting known out there.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Great Street Art but not as politically poignant as Banksy

In my opinion.



The use of color is vastly superior to banksy who mostly uses black and grey in his work and a splash of color now and then to accent a point.

Great work women carry on. The more the merrier as they say.

[Recursion]

4. Is Banksy male?

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Is Banksy a single person? (my info points to no: "banksy" per se is closer to a collective, like Borf was in DC.)

But, yes, all of those artists deserve recognition. I'm a huge fan of street art too and I didn't know about Miss Van. Thanks for this!

[ismnotwasm]

5. Well according to Wiki--he's a very talented guy who does subversive street art

And you are very welcome-- some of these are spectacular

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

[progressoid]

6. Yeah, check out his movie "Exit Through the Gift Shop"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop

[ismnotwasm]

7. I will!

Thanx-

[Recursion]

8. Loved that movie, but you have to be careful about taking it too literally

Again, I'm hesitant to identify "Banksy" as a single person.

[progressoid]

9. Right.

And the possibility that the whole film and that guy in the film was itself an act.

[ismnotwasm]

10. "Banksy the Collective"

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Now there's an interesting thought

[roguevalley]

11. personally, i like them all but I don't have to quantify

them forward by pushing someone backward. Art is in the eye of the beholder. I like them all. Unless they painted on the side of my house. Maybe.

[ismnotwasm]

12. Actually there's always one that's so stunning I think hmm

I'd like that on my house.

[politicat]

13. I love the grey ghost, either resting her head against a wall she can't pass, or

Looking through a window into a space kept beyond her. That she's from the past, looking into modernity's options and alterations and that she can never experience. Or possibly she's seeing what little change and mourning. Or both.

There's deep commentary on women in that one, and it's beautiful.

I also like the revolution.

[nomorenomore08]

14. Now those are true works of art. Amazing.