10 influential artworks by the elusive graffiti painter Banksy to beat quarantine blues

Banksy is a 46-year-old British anonymous street artist, political activist, and film director. He has been active since the 1990s and has filled a number of streets with his satirical Banksy art made with stencilling technique. He has been in the company of famous personalities like Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs. Banksy himself has been named among the world's 100 most influential people. His popularity as an anonymous street artist is so strong that his fans have protested the attempts by news agencies to unmask Banksy.

Banksy art started during the '90s in Bristol, England. However, Bansky art has come a long way since from street arts in cities like San Francisco, Vienna, Barcelona, Detroit and Paris to canvas paintings. Banksy even directed a documentary called Exit Through the Gift Shop which was nominated for a National Award. To beat the quarantine blues, here are 10 of Banksy's most famous and controversial street arts that will surely leave one pondering about the ways of the world:

Mice in the bathroom

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Girl with the pink smoking flame

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Pink Swastik

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Snowflakes falling from the sky

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Refugee's life

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Give a dog a bone 

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Jailed

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Banksy's mice in Paris

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McDonald's lovin' it

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Second opinion

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