Banksy is severely overrated, like most of the modern art and music supplied to the public conscious. We are being selectively fed degenerate and corrupted imitations that are lacking any creative or skillful merit. There are plenty of theories why that is, but it doesn't really matter. A Banksy has as much merit as a rap album, that is to say none, other than fulfilling Warhol's 15 minutes prophecy. If you bypass the mainstream channels and dig beneath the surface of what the popular media is feeding us, you will find modern art and music of breathtaking beauty and imagination being created right now. In my opinion and contrary to the popular view; we are entering a golden age of art and music, because it is thriving away from the scornful gaze of the (((critics))), it's being enabled by cheap technology, lots of free time, and the internet has democratized and archived it. It might not be 'popular' now, but like cream it will rise to the top eventually.