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'''Guesswho''' (or '''Guess Who''') is an anonymous [[graffiti artist]] active since 2012 in [[Fort Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30447979|title=India's 'Banksy' behind provocative graffiti|last1=Nettikkara|first1=Samiha|last2=Dissanayake|first2=Samanthi|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2014-12-12|access-date=2014-12-13}}</ref> Guesswho uses street art as a subversive medium of expression to practice and participate in the creation of an ever-changing culture of a city's visual landscape and experiments through wry commentary on socio-political issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://streetartchennai.com/works/guess-who/|title=Guesswho - CONQUER THE CONCRETE|website=streetartchennai.com}}</ref> The artist(s)'s paste-ups and stencils have been sighted in [[Trivandrum]] and [[Bangalore]] as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Guess-Who-returns-in-new-activist-avatar/articleshow/45686776.cms|title=Guess Who returns in new 'activist' avatar - Times of India|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref>  One news paper reported that Guesswho said his work was in part a reaction to the [[Kochi-Muziris Biennale]], which he said restricted which artists were publicly showcased.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Banksy-style-graffiti-was-done-to-protest-against-the-Biennale/articleshow/45469852.cms|title=Banksy style graffiti was done to protest against the Biennale|last=Thomas|first=Edison|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2014-12-11|access-date=2014-12-13}}</ref> However, in interview to another newspaper, the artist(s) has commended [[Kochin]] Biennalle's role in popularizing art in Indian art space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Guess-Who-Says-It/2014/12/08/article2560377.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223213040/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Guess-Who-Says-It/2014/12/08/article2560377.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2014|title=Guess Who Says It|website=newindianexpress.com}}</ref> Guesswho clarifies in another interview that the work should be termed as a 'reaction' to Biennale, not a protest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/blink/watch/see-you-anon/article6768260.ece|title=See you anon|website=thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref>  According to ''[[The Hindu]]'', his work has "gone viral" since it was featured on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/kochi-keeps-an-eye-out-for-the-anonymous-graffiti-artist-guesswho/article6688619.ece|title=The painting on the wall|author=<!-- No byline -->|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2014-12-13|access-date=2014-12-13}}</ref>
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