Banksy hasn’t finished his tour of America just yet. He’s hit New York hard with this brilliant new piece shown on his website.

I’m guessing these telephone boxes were already knocked down before Banksy got his hands on them but this is a brilliant example of using the environment effectively to create awesome street art. I love the face on the telephone being crushed.

Banksy is arguably the most famous street artist and has launched street art from a tainted hobby to glitz and glamour. Banksy has recently been strolling around the US doing his thing and has produced some beautiful work, and as usual, his new work features the silent social protests of its surroundings. The work below is all from New Orleans and you can see how Banksy has taken the trouble of Hurricane Katrina and reworked it into his masterpieces. Below are some of my favourites:

Apparently this is an old Banksy paste up from back in the day, can’t really confirm but looks pretty genuine.. not really many of these about…

…or at least someone who knows him.

Earlier in the week we posted about Banksy’s true identity, well Banksy’s website was updated with a handwritten message in response to the recent allegations:

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being ‘good at drawing’ doesn’t sound like Banksy to me.

We don’t know much from this as it could have been written by anyone, but, it appears the net may be drawing in on Banksy. It makes you wonder if he will always remain just a name and some paint on the wall?

Check out the message on Banksy.co.uk.

Disputedly one of Britain’s most famous graffiti artists, Banksy has apparently been un-masked today by British news paper the Daily Mail.

I’m not one of the Daily Mails biggest fans and generally find that they dim view on most of the things that I think makes Britain Britain, especially comes to Street Art. So i think the article has to be taken with a massive pinch of salt.

Here is a link to the article - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1034538/Graffiti-artist-Banksy-unmasked—public-schoolboy-middle-class-suburbia.html

Personally I think Banksy is an amazingly talented artist and has done a lot for the culture but I do get tired by the copy cats that his art spawns and the way he has seemed to become a standard name drop by coffee-table book, street art fans. This being said the air of mystery that surrounds his work is part of the attraction for me, so, even if the article is true I would carefully consider whether or not you actually want to read the article and destroy the mystery or if you would want to preserve it like a valuable Banksy piece.