Analysis Of Exit Through The Gift Shop

This essay will discuss the historical-, philosophical-, and theoretical background of House and Street by Stuart Davis created in 1931. This art is a typical example of the look and feel of the Modern Movement style.

An example of an artist who’s work is only present in the urban environment is a Melbourne graffiti artist under the alias of Aeon. Examples of his artworks are “Black” (undated) and “Foes” (undated), both of which are considered “Pieces” produced with spray paint on a bricked surface. Such pieces are only available for viewing on the streets of Melbourne on back lanes and ally ways. The location of his works add to the effect and subjective nature of his works with the emphasis of art flourishing in all areas of the world and by

“Street art is omnipresent in urban streets and is a rish source of inspiration for artistic creativity. . . It possesses the aesthetic voices of the ordinary and enables resistance for the marginalized. Banksy’s street art, in particular, can guide students to think about various social and political issues and to reflect upon the immediate, if not unjust, world in which they live, to transform that world, and to

Street art is a visual art created all over the streets, it can be present in a form of posters, graffiti, window paints, and murals, among others. All of those artists that chose to exhibit their art on the streets, rather than in a museum or gallery is because they are situated it in a non-art context. The products they use to produce their art works most of the time are: free hand aerosol paints, krink markers, plutonium paints and graffiti remover used to create perfect images all over the cities. Street art adorn the urban landscape, explode the skills of the artists, and finally but no less important, is constructive providing a specific social message for all the audience.

In the 1980’s the art world was gifted with the artist Jean michel basquiat. Basquiat, a man who lived two contrasting lives as street artist and “fine artist” in the art punk movement of the 1980’s. His work as a street artist was full of poetic and provocative messages painted in the streets of Manhattan New York, and his work as a “fine artist” did the same on gigantic canvases with looming figures in bold colours. Regardless of this dichotomy, his work in both of these practices has the ability to bring light to issues he and many others were facing and are still facing now. In particular, Basquiat’s work brought light to his personal experience with racism and struggle with otherness in and outside of the brutal art world. The next paragraphs will discuss how Jean Michel Basquiat delt and fought the oppressive systems of his time through his art.

As this film represents a microcosm of the injustices of the real world, Forman zooms in on characters during critical scenes of the movie to highlight the character’s message. The

Artist Drew Hamilton’s, Street Corner Project exhibits the transformation of the view of American art and aesthetics. What was once viewed as beautiful art has changed with out modern art. The artist chose to exhibit his very own Bushwick apartment over the neighborhood bodega in Brooklyn. The artist Drew Hamilton’s artistic choice to change the standard view on aesthetic artwork depicting a true view of the neighborhood through his mini model. Drew Hamilton’s creation of the mini model that mimics the scene of everyday life of Brooklyn residents. Hamilton refashions the basic norms of aesthetics by inventing a new form of imperfect perfection and reaming true to the actual view of his apartment.

The art that I find most interesting is graffiti, because it taking the streets and filling them with personality and stories. In the following essay I will be talking about three well known graffiti artist and their art.

Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged from the punk scene in New York as a street-smart graffiti artist. He successfully crossed over his downtown origins to the international art gallery circuit. Basquiat’s work is one of the few examples of how an early 1980’s American graffiti-based could become a fully recognized artist. Despite his work’s unstudied appearance, Basquiat very skillfully and purposefully brought together in his art a host of disparate traditions, practices and styles to create a unique kind of visual collage. His work is an example of how American artists of the 1980’s could reintroduce the human figure in their work after the wide success of minimalism and conceptualism.

Also, I could see many scenes depicting activities typical from the origins of hip hop such as graffiti, MCing, b-boying (this is a very aggressive style that can look like a gang thing) and turntablism. After you watch the film, you will notice the interconnections between music, dance and art in the process of maturation of hip hop culture. Raymond is Zorro’s fellow who shows all his talent creating murals on the walls of business establishments and playgrounds. Raymond says, “Graffiti is taking risks” because he likes to outwit the police as he makes the world around us more colorful. In this movie Zoro (the main character) show his talent to the world of street graffiti and develop new relationships with influential figures of the hip hop. You can capture the mood of the protagonist and his personal and communal improvement. Graffiti was the platform by which these artists brought a new view and sense to the community. A platform was created that illuminate the world to the situation and disadvantages of the impoverished communities in our country in the everyday

Street art is commonly seen all over the world, and you can often see this form of art on downtown building walls. This street painting by Stinkfish, a Colombian street artist, delivers a colorful piece of art for the public to see. Stinkfish did not give a name to this piece because he selects random spots to create his masterpieces. The painting is a girl’s side profile view of her face and head. The view beside the face has many colorful shapes and figures that can symbolize many things happening in her head all the time. There is one simple side of this artwork which is the girl’s face. The more vibrant side of this artwork can be viewed as what is painted beside the face, which is filled with many colors and different shapes. These colors

The documentary looks into a day of the artist rather than detailing more about the origin, rise and successes which we usually love to know about veterans. Hence, engagement was lacking as we progress through the film. However, Louis’ technical contribution needs to be appreciated. His editing was well structured despite lacking more story and visuals are well framed. The documentary also would have improved with a mix of narrator and artist’s own narration as it is, it was mundane.

Street artists use them for their subversive political potential, in order to deliver a strong and provocative message through the diversion of innocent images. The artist takes a stand, initiates a conversation and denounces world injustices. It is Combo’s street activism that gets him ‘noticed’ in the art world. His characteristic style appeared in 2010, when he began utilizing paint, using rollers mounted on telescopic sticks. This new solution allowed him to increase the painted surface and to transmit a stronger intensity through his visual vocabulary. Huge human figures, sometimes sarcastic and sometimes dramatic, as if borrowed from a comic strip, began to appear at that time in the streets of Paris. Combo's aesthetic research is motivated

The shaky and handheld footages documented by Guetta to showcase the street artists at work, his family and his misdemeanor tryst at Disneyland with Banksy, gave a sense of real life unfolding before the audiences’ eyes. After all, the audiences are easily convinced of what is real if the handheld camera movements are shaky because the event being captured is fast-moving (Chapman 2009, 21). Yet, it is interesting to note that during one of his film premiere interviews, Banksy had mentioned that rolls of these archived footages taken by Guetta were impossible to watch and that he and his small team of editors spent a year trawling through 10,000 hours of footages only to find mere seconds of usable footages (Leopold, 2010). If this was the case, then it poses questions on the realism of the footages that were put together in the film - were they real or mere reenactments to construct realism since the depiction of truth in documentary can be challenging; “it can tell a truth, but not the entire truth” (Chapman 2009,

Banksy is a very renowned street artist who keeps his identity unknown. His artwork is portrayed by “striking images, often combined with slogans, [which] engages political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed” (“Banksy Biography”). He first started his bold street art in Bristol, his hometown located in London, but quickly spread to the United States of America. In the U.S., Banksy targeted the most populated cities; this was due to the fact that it was easier for him to spread his messages. With a crowded location, his lessons will extent over an audience much quicker.