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Underground guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy showcased his work over the weekend at his Barely Legal: vandalised warehouse extravaganza exhibition located in a Los Angeles warehouse. The highlight of the show, which focused global poverty and injustice, was a 37-year-old elephant completely painted, from head to tail, to exactly match the wallpaper in the roped off re-created living room it was standing in. The literal “elephant in the room” was meant to represent the big issues in life, such as poverty, that some people choose to ignore.

There are 65 pictures from Banksy’s LA show mirrored after the jump (image source)…

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Catch-up post #3: Shortly after guerrilla artist Banksy hacked Paris Hilton’s album, he quickly set his sights on a new target, Disneyland. Over the weekend the underground artist smuggled a life-sized replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee into the theme park. It was placed inside the Big Thunder Mountain ride where it remained in place for 90 minutes before the ride was closed down and the figure removed. According to Banksy, the stunt was intended to highlight the struggles of terror suspects that are being detained in Cuba.

Banksy will be holding a three day vandalised warehouse extravaganza in Los Angeles this weekend.

Guerrilla artist Banksy, who gained international attention after he hacked the MoMA and the Met, set his sights on a new target — Paris Hilton. At HMV and Virgin Megastores around the UK Banksy replaced Hilton’s CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For? But it didn’t stop there. The picture on the CD cover was changed to show Paris topless, and the images in the insert were also modified. Over 500 copies of the CD were distributed deposited in 48 record stores. The original barcode was left in tact so that customers would have little to no idea that the CD had been tampered with.

Spokespeople for various stores have said that no customers that they are aware of have complained or returned the doctored CD. This stunt just might explain how Paris’ CD managed to climb to #29 on the UK charts.

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Banksy has stuck again, this time it’s on the West Bank barrier in Israel.

Art prankster sprays Israeli wall

Secretive “guerrilla” artist Banksy has decorated Israel’s controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.

The nine paintings were created on the Palestinian side of the barrier.

One depicts a hole in the wall with an idyllic beach, while another shows a mountain landscape on the other side.

Banksy’s spokeswoman Jo Brooks said: “The Israeli security forces did shoot in the air threateningly and there were quite a few guns pointed at him.”

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Banksy hacks the art world.

Art Attack

First he turned back alleys into galleries. Then he hacked the MoMA and the Met. Meet Banksy, the most wanted man in the art world.

By Jeff Howe

It’s noon in London, and self-described “art terrorist” Banksy is preparing for his next installation. “I’ve created a cave painting,” he says. “It’s a bit of rock with a stick man chasing a wildebeest and pushing a shopping cart.” The next day, Banksy carefully hangs his work - called Early Man Goes to Market and credited to “Banksymus Maximus” - in Gallery 49 of the venerable British Museum, accompanied by a few sentences of explanatory text. He does this without the knowledge or consent of museum officials; they learn about the latest addition to the collection only after Banksy announces it on his Web site.

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