Controversy
But with this newfound fame, it came with its fair share of controversy as well. People from the art world and other positions started to call Banksy’s work nothing more than just regular graffiti and vandalism. It was a direct shot at the artist who at first didn’t know how he should respond.
In the end, he really didn’t do much to fight back against the critiques of his work, maybe on some level he agreed with them. In the sense that although he made interesting pieces, maybe they would all be over-glorified and put on a higher pedestal than what they really were.