Exit Through The Gift Shop
I don’t care much for the majority of street art, but there are some pieces that just capture the imagination, with Banksy an inspiration to many.
“I still paint graffiti because I genuinely think the side of a canal is a more interesting place to have art than a museum. And the fact of the matter is, if you exhibit in a gallery you have to compete against Rembrandt, but if you paint down an alley you only have to compete against a dustbin. I guess it’s the art equivalent of hanging around with fat people to make yourself look thin.”
Banksy quoted from a piece in The Times.
Here’s a five-minute trailer from Exit Through The Gift Shop — A Banksy Film.
I’d like to watch the full documentary. Watched it. Worthwhile.
More samples on www.banksy.co.uk.
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Wow! Those kids really know how to run! And of course, draw. The ones with the cops were quite amusing.
I was fist introduced to Banksy through my brother. He and I once went out to buy a new sketchbook and the book came with a sticker label that I removed and slapped on a bus bench on the way home for no reason at all. My brother then turns to me and says, “Who do you think you are, Banksy?” I was like “Who?” he laughed. When we got home he threw this book on my lap named “Wall and piece-now with 10% more crap” and said, “Here, educate yourself.” Wow, the coolest street art ever, Banksy is King.
Having queued for hours in Bristol to see Banksy vs Bristol Museum, I have to agree that he is quite inspirational. I think this is due in part to the fact that Banksy himself mocks the very field he’s working in. His work pretty much pokes fun at today’s culture and society, making you rethink today’s values and customs.
I love street art, especially graffiti. :)
Nice post.
Banksy’s work to me is amazing. There is something about him as an artist and his “unknown” factor that makes his pieces even more intriguing to me. For him to be able to hit some of the locations that he does and not get caught or discovered is unbelievable.
I had the please of viewing one of, if not THE last known Banksy in NOLA, the Rain Girl while on vacation last summer. It is too bad that the other pieces he created in the city are no longer there because of theft or Mr. Radtke taking it upon himself to paint over the pieces.
You’d enjoy the movie David – I saw it in London a month or so ago. not quite what I expected but fascinating insight in to the world of graffiti and Banksy is a pretty funny guy
Steve
Hahaha… me and brother have been drawing since we first discovered the crayon. I ended up doing graphic design, and he… well, he liked the idea of painting in the streets.
He came one day with a banksy book and showed me his stuff. Is like he got an epiphany or something like it. I really did tried to stop him from doing graffiti, but I guess you can’t really stop a seventeen year old with a spray can …
Is true that Banksy is amazing inspiration, but be careful showing this to teenagers.
I love Banksy- He pushes the boundaries on what we consider art and vandalism. I especially like what he has done at the Western Wall in Palestine. Simply brilliant and it makes a statement.
http://www.ksd-designs.com/blog/not-just-another-brick-in-the-wall
This was a great doc on the state of street art. I was impressed with how through telling a simple story, the viewer deciphered the difference between art and the design of art.