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There are few artists working today whose fame can be attributed as much to their ability to stir up controversy as to how talented they are. Banksy is different. Not only is his work controversial because it is essentially graffiti, but because his stencilled works of "'art' often fetch thousands at auction. So is Banksy, one of the world's best known artists, a spray-can wielding charlatan or an urban, post-modern prophet?