Banksy Archive 01 – The School of Bristol (1983–2005)

At the roots of Banksy: history, dissent, and urban culture in the city that spawned his language. 
Over 300 works, divided into 32 sections, at Palazzo Fava recount the street artist's beginnings and the world in which he was formed, bringing to the public the aesthetics and spirit of the urban culture of the 1980s and 1990s.
The exhibition "Banksy Archive 01 – The School of Bristol (1983–2005)" systematically reconstructs for the first time the cultural, urban, and political context in which Banksy's language was born and developed. The exhibition restores historical depth to an artistic phenomenon often reduced to a media icon, drawing attention to the collective roots and cultural scene that preceded and accompanied the rise of the British artist.
Through three hundred works, archival materials, unpublished documents, and independent academic research, the rooms of Palazzo Fava in Bologna will reconstruct the period between 1983 and 2005, a crucial phase in the formation of the iconography and visual strategies that have made Banksy one of the most influential figures in contemporary art.