Big break
It wasn’t until the early 2000s that Banksy had his first big break. It was with a piece of work known as ‘girl with balloon’. If you are thinking that the title is pretty straightforward, that’s because it is just that. The image is a girl, holding a red, heart-shaped balloon.
It’s a simple image, but it just exploded in popularity and was his first major success as an artist. People from all over the world took notice of this image and it began to be replicated and recognized everywhere. Banksy had never had this level of success. He didn’t know how to take it.