Banksy

artist alive today, Banksy, a British street artist, creates pieces ripe with social and political satire as well as calls to action. His works, spanning across the globe, are excellent examples of way street art can move beyond aesthetic pleasure and convey powerful social and political messages. Crucial to their message, however, is the external context of each piece. Street art depends on an understanding of its surroundings to be fully impactful and understood. In the case of Banksy, his work, “Follow

How are the techniques and implications of the works of Ai Weiwei and Banksy comparable? Cheyne J. Campbell South Iredell High School 007021-0006  Abstract Within the field of the visual arts, I investigated how the techniques and implications of the artworks of Ai Weiwei and Banksy are comparable. In order to answer this question, I observed and analyzed artworks from both artists, noting the pieces’ effects on the viewer (me), similar visual qualities, and common themes. This process

Capturing a culture or movement in a limited frame such as an anthropology or documentary is inherently difficult; the task involves portraying the beauties, flaws, nuances, and relevancies of an often under-appreciated movement in a finite amount of space. A documentary, already tasked with capturing the intricacies of a 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

challenging to differentiate. Banksy, a well-known street artist, realized the problem with love and lust, and decided to teach people a lesson by painting a piece of street art called “Waiting in Vain…at the Door of the Club.” 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

“This site contains blocked messages” these were the words spray painted on the back wall of a chicken slaughterhouse. Looking at that this seemingly innocuous sentence it seems to convey the simple message of how certain industries have been attempting to push the government to put more restriction on what information people can share on the Internet. Not only that but pushing for an increase in the censorship of certain websites and how they let there users interact. However, if one really looks

Exit Through The Gift Shop Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary directed by Banksy, who is a street artist. The film made $5,308,618.2 and was released in 2010. The opening of the documentary took footage from street art films that were made all around the world. The film is exciting to watch, because of the interesting insight that it offers into the world of street art. Watching the underground artists, the meaning street art has for them and their passion was entertaining and informative

acting and who is not. Whether that be through exaggerated effects, poor acting, or previous knowledge, one can decide early on if the film being viewed is factual or fabricated. However, Exit Through the Gift Shop, a film directed by street artist Banksy, has left many viewers unsure if the film is an authentic documentary or merely a “mockumentary.” While some elements of the movie contain truthful content, it can be concluded that the film as a whole is a mockumentary, and just another one of Banksy’s

Tyler Matas Matas 1 SCL191SC October 6, 2014 Cindy Chivsen The Subculture of Street Art In today’s society street art has managed to reach every country worldwide. In the film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” a film by a street artist named Banksy that tells the story about Thierry Guetta a French man who lives in Los Angles that falls in love with the subculture and films the life known as graffiti or to some people that love it, it is known as street art. Thierry shows the different artist

lights of crowding paparazzi.Here, Banksy makes a compelling argument and statement about how invasive media can be in a person’s live by showing a third party depiction using a national icon depicting a national tragedy. Banksy is a street artist known for his controversy and this art installation is one of his more controversial pieces of artwork Making art pieces depicting brutal events in history is nothing new, yet what makes this piece so shocking is how Banksy portrays it. He depicts it using

artist leaves his creations dark and humorous. In the film, Banksy and Guetta take a trip to Disney Land in California. Banksy decides to place a piece of his art work in an amusement ride. Banksy does not get caught but Guetta does. He is questioned why he was filming the scence. In order for Banksy to remain unidentified, he lies to the police. The chances street artists take to create their art shows true passion. In Los Angeles, Banksy provides an art show to show all of his creations. Many people