{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"P183, The Russian Banksy?","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/p183-russian-banksy/p183-urban-intervention.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-04-29T11:35:12Z","description":"Moscow born urban artist P183 was called Russian Banksy. This drew attention to his art and started a debate on the Internet. Read why...","html":"\u003cp\u003eIs \u003cstrong\u003ePasha 183\u003c/strong\u003e (also P183) the Russian \u003cstrong\u003eBanksy\u003c/strong\u003e? Since January, the international urban art scene debates about this controversial question\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP183 is a Moscow born and based multi media artist, whose work has recently received international coverage and acclaim. On January 31, 2012 the British \u003ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jan/31/moscow-banksy-p183-in-pictures\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e published an online post about \u003cem\u003eMoscow’s Banksy\u003c/em\u003e and his street art and started in that way an worldwide media campaign including internet-wide discussions about whether the British are going to declare each and every urban hacktivist or public intervention artist as a new Banksy\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe British love their stars, and this is not an article about the Pasha. They needed an excuse to write another article about Banksy. It shows their feeling that \u0026ldquo;our Banksy is the coolest in the whole world to copy, we must never forget him and must honor our stars\u0026rdquo; — it is typical PR in the West.\u003c/em\u003e (Misha Most)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can remember a similar debate around Spanish interventional artist \u003cstrong\u003eSpy\u003c/strong\u003e, who was called the \u003ca href=\"/new-urban-interventions-by-spy/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecond Banksy\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e back in 2009, so this Banksy-equation thing is not new. Nevertheless, our friends on \u003ca href=\"http://eng.partizaning.org\"\u003epartizaning.org\u003c/a\u003e decided to address this rather absurd situation by highlighting some comments and interviewing P183 himself.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out what they got, it’s worth reading:\n\u003ca href=\"http://eng.partizaning.org/?p=1777\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussian Banksy - Nickname as Insult\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\nIs **Pasha 183** (also P183) the Russian **Banksy**? Since January, the international urban art scene debates about this controversial question...\n\nP183 is a Moscow born and based multi media artist, whose work has recently received international coverage and acclaim. On January 31, 2012 the British [*Guardian*](http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jan/31/moscow-banksy-p183-in-pictures) published an online post about *Moscow’s Banksy* and his street art and started in that way an worldwide media campaign including internet-wide discussions about whether the British are going to declare each and every urban hacktivist or public intervention artist as a new Banksy...\n\n*The British love their stars, and this is not an article about the Pasha. They needed an excuse to write another article about Banksy. It shows their feeling that \"our Banksy is the coolest in the whole world to copy, we must never forget him and must honor our stars\" — it is typical PR in the West.* (Misha Most)\n\nI can remember a similar debate around Spanish interventional artist **Spy**, who was called the [*Second Banksy*](/new-urban-interventions-by-spy/) back in 2009, so this Banksy-equation thing is not new. Nevertheless, our friends on [partizaning.org](http://eng.partizaning.org) decided to address this rather absurd situation by highlighting some comments and interviewing P183 himself.\n\nCheck out what they got, it’s worth reading:\n[*Russian Banksy - Nickname as Insult*](http://eng.partizaning.org/?p=1777).\n","tags":["Banksy","P183","Street Art Europe"],"title":"P183, The Russian Banksy?","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/p183-russian-banksy/"}