The English Street Artist Banksy

The English street artist Banksy has produced various works of art in a revolutionary style. Street art is a very unique form of art that is produced in public areas on buildings, bridges, concrete, poles, and many other locations. This form of art is usually done illegally, which adds to the immense controversy that already surrounds it. With that being said, it speaks volumes about artists such as Banksy, who risk criminal charges of vandalism in order to empower others through his art. One of

The English street artist Banksy, has produced various works of art in a revolutionary style. Street art is a very unique form of art that is produced in public areas on buildings, bridges, concrete, poles, and many other places. This form of art is usually done illegally, which adds to the immense controversy that already surrounds it. With that being said, it speaks volumes about artists such as Banksy, who risk criminal charges of vandalism in order to empower others through his art. One of

STREET ARTIST BANKSY AND Northeastern Illinois University Mustafa Khan Moritz S Kellerman Art 101 – L18 June 18th 2015 Banksy is one of the famous English graffiti artist, film director, painter and political activist through the use of painting. He has produced different satirical street art combined with subversive epigrams and dark humor of graffiti. These have been executed in the distinctive stenciling method. Therefore, the paper analyzes how Banksy has changed the people’s view of graffiti

movement, also requires capturing this spirit in a neutral, fact-oriented, honest, yet still entertaining fashion. Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop is widely considered an example of a successful documentary on street art due to its interview-based style and celebrity street-artist director. However, Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop fails as a documentary because of the film’s biases and inconsistencies; because

walls, streets, and bridges become the norm. A rugged description, yet so valid in this case. This principle is exemplified in the works of Banksy. Banksy is my chosen artist. His works are authentic, yet aesthetically defined in the most unusual places. His method of art is likewise fascinating – for he uses bold sardonic street art and dissident witticisms combined with graffiti performed in idiosyncratic stenciling techniques to portray various messages. As findthemag.com states, Banksy uses “broad

effect on the appearance of a city. There are two debates of graffiti----street art and vandalism, which means it should be distinguished between two forms of graffiti. For example, it should not be connected between the graffiti of Banksy, who is an English-based graffiti artist and the people who draw some indelicate words or painting on the public place(Figure 1 and figure 2). Everyone can judge these two which is street art because the intentions are different. The latter is just draw some offensive

subliminal messages can hide. Banksy’s has his own hidden messages behind it, and that’s anti-establishment. John Peter Berger, November 5 1926 – January 2 2017, Berger started his career as a painter in the 1940 and moved on to become a successful English Art Critic. In his 1972 book, Ways of Seeing, Berger shows a deeper perspective of how society perceives art, the ways it has changed and even been manipulated in the last decade. He goes on to explain, “We never look at just one thing, we are always

York City, the painting “Two women in the woods” by Vincent Van Gogh, a famous Dutch artist in expressionism and impressionism, was sold at the price of $689,000 (Lot: 17 VINCENT VAN GOGH, 2013; Van Gogh, 2008). Besides, “Silent Majority”, a painting by Banksy, an English graffiti artist, was brought to the auction in Paris and its recent price has reached £445,792, which is roughly at $676,000 (Banksy, 2014; Banksy 's Silent Majority fetches more than £445k in Paris, 2015). As they are clearly seen

broke the boundaries of the way that we experience art. The mythical hero goes by the name Banksy and he did it all with a can of spray paint. It was all foretold in the 2014 documentary, "Banksy Does New York." As with all good mythical heroes, Banksy's true identity is unknown. What is known about him is this -- he's an English graffiti artist, political activist, film director and painter. Banksy is known for pushing boundaries all over the world with his political

Lindsay Black Mrs. Heilman College Prep English 26 May 2017 Is it Okay to Censor Certain Works of Art? “Censorship is the suppression of free speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities, or other groups or institutions (Dictionary).” Works of art should not be censored because of the first amendment right, art has been around culturally