Pierre Koukjian's work in art were born from a need to explore new materials and way of expressing oneself on an art medium. He is mostly known for his critiques of Lebanese society with his neon piece "Electricity ON, Electricity OFF". A recent polemic in the contemporary art world has put Pierre KOUKJIAN as the eye witness of the destruction of a painting during a Sotheby's auction where the artist said"a turning point in the history of contemporary and conceptual art." [9] The timing, nature of his work, and enthusiasm about the whole situation has led to suspicions of KOUKJIAN being in fact the original Banksy.