'Uzbek Banksy' Gives First Interview, Says He'd Never Heard Of The Actual Banksy

When spray-painted pictures began appearing on the streets of Tashkent about a year ago, they prompted a wave of photos on social media and excited talk of the "Uzbek Banksy." Now, in his first-ever interview, he told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service that when he started, he had never previously heard of the famous England-based street artist he was compared to.