Warhol and Banksy share a gift for subversion and Banksy pays tribute to
Warhol in many of his graffiti, i.e the Marilyn-vignette style Kate Moss
and the famous Campbell-turned-Tesco value-soup print. Using provoking, illustrative imagery to make bold statements about
their world, both Warhol and Banksy have a similar approach to
art.
Both engage with popular culture, aim at the iconic and use methods
of mass reproduction as their primary expressive tool. Banksy plays up
the link in his Marilyn Monroe-esque portrait of Kate Moss and Cambell's Soup vs. Tesco.
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist
who became a central figure in the movement known as pop art. After a
successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous
worldwide for his work as a painter; an avant-garde filmmaker, a record
producer, an author and a public figure known for his presence in wildly
diverse social circles that included bohemian street people,
distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy
aristocrats.
A controversial figure during his lifetime (his work was often derided
by critics as a hoax or "put-on"), Warhol has been the subject of
numerous retrospective exhibitions, books and documentary films since
his death in 1987. He is generally acknowledged as one of the most
influential artists of the twentieth century
Banksy is a well-known yet pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist,
possibly named Robert Banks. It is believed that Banksy is a native of
Yate, near Bristol, who was born in 1974, but there is substantial
public uncertainty about his identity and basic personal and
biographical details. The son of a
photocopier engineer, he trained as a butcher but became involved in
graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s."
His artworks are often satirical pieces of art which encompass topics
from politics, culture, and ethics. His street art, which combines
graffiti with a distinctive stencilling technique, has appeared in
London and in cities around the world.
Contemporary painter Patty Baker has been an artist all her life “since I
could hold a crayon”, and has been painting professionally for the past
18 years: “Art is my joy! I focus on the power of color and color
relationships in my work.” 
