Street artist. Political activist. Satirical genius. World-renowned mystery man.

The world-famous graffiti artist has been the subject of much debate. Vandal or social commentator? In my opinion, he’s an artist in the purest sense of the word -- instilling debate, projecting the images of our actions, making us think. He is the art icon of the 21st century, and will go down in the record books for masterfully summarizing our world, our planet at a time when we all need to take a communal look in the mirror and see what we’re doing to each other.

I love Banksy. I want to reach further and expose his messages to people who wouldn’t normally see them, all the while protecting them from our own councilmen and two-bit graffiti artists just trying to get attention.

Let's put up his art for all to see where no one can complain that it's graffiti or take it down -- a Banksy billboard. L.A. loves Banksy. Let's show him how we feel.

The design with the most votes will be used on the ad copy of the first billboard. If we are able to fund more than one, the design with the second most votes will go on the second billboard. And so on.

This campaign has been tagged banksy, and los angeles.