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Banksy is a British Street Artist that is well known for leaving his works around different communities around Europe and without a trace of his identity being given away. A community is group of beings that live in the same area or somewhat similar. Banksy enlightens local European communities by putting his work near a well known landmarks of that community. His art also reflects current issues effecting community, such as, music, politics and laws. These reflective messages gives his audience as a community a better understanding on what is going on around their community and give them different views and change their perspectives on what is going on in the world around them. 

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/845-the-individual-has-always-had-to-struggle-to-keep-from

This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche is saying if you comply to fit in with the status quo, you will have an easy life, but never know your real self. it is more brave to be an individual and sometimes struggle against the general opinion. It is more satisfying to be brave with own individual opinion and sense of self. The meaning of an individual is someone which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality is a person being seperate from society and possessing their own needs or goals.

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Culture incorporates into the piece and characterises the artists way of life. Street Artist out of Brisbane Australia ‘SOFLES’ includes all different cultural aspects of graffiti as a whole in one work. In this image for example, Sofles has put the traditional letters of graffiti with the use of a great colour scheme to make the wall pop, he has then also added a character, which is another different style of graffiti and then has used mural street art as his back drop for his piece.

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Identity is when we perceive and express ourselves. As soon as an individual is born their identity begins to form immediately, such as, their heritage, sex and body, which defines who they are as an individual. Artists, like Frida Kahlo, use their work to express, explore and question the ideas of someones identity. Throughout this short film the narrator gives the audience a better understanding on why the artists, Frida Kahlo, Glenn Ligon, and Andy Warhol create works that expresses the way their identity shapes who they're as a person and challenges the audience to think about their identity and what it means to them.