Graffiti (known as street or abstract art) has been around for a while; some people see graffiti as art, showing others their creativity or letting out there expression; others see it as vandalism or just plain graffiti that could never be considered as art. I believe those types of people that think graffiti is not art are people that want to make profit into art; they are politiciansā or aristocrats that only see black and white instead of bright colors. Iāve learned that graffiti is not the lowest form of art, it is the definition of art; Iāve learn that from Banksy. He is one of my favorite graffiti artists in the world because his art has meaning behind it and how he expresses his art, itās wonderful; the world doesnāt look that much black and white. I feel that Banksy is a creative and a cool type of person that wants to change the world on how it looks; that is why I want to talk about Banksy. I want to talk about his origin and his art and then talk about the meaning behind his art and some famous and dangerous stunts he did. Itās All about Banksy.
Ā Banksy is an English graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Nobody knows who Banksy really is; nobody knows his name, date of birth, or even birthplace, but to my understanding I believe that Banksy is in his 30s or 40s and was born in Yate, England, said to be one of the 50 worst places to live in the UK. I like how Banksy keeps his identity hidden from the public eye; there are some graffiti artists that know Banksyās identity like Shepard Fairey, Mr. Brainwash, other graffiti artists out there, and people that are part of Banksyās inner circle. When I found out that there was an article on Banksy Unmasked at last, I didnāt want to believe that his identity was revealed. It said that Banksyās real identity is Robin Gunningham; I donāt believe it. Therefore, I believe a journalist made the story up just to gain reputation or to get a big pay check; I donāt care, itās not true. There are many stories about Banksyās identity; some people believe that Banksy is not real; people believe itās just a name put forward by a group of artists that conspire together. Another theory that people think, Banksy is someone in a wheel chair or a red-haired woman; over the years people came up with many theories about Banksyās identity of who he is or what gender. In reality, we will never know Banksyās true identity unless he wants us to. Nobody knows what school of education Banksy attended or graduated from; rumor states that Banksy was expelled from school because he and his friends swung a kid around by his legs and then dropped him on his head. I doubt that rumor is true; Banksy claims he was innocent, but they still expelled him.
āThey say graffiti frightens people and is symbolic of the decline in society, but graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives, and graffiti writersā (Banksy). I believe what Banksy was trying to say that people think graffiti is frightening because when people see big bright colorful words, they think it is gang related or a disgrace to society. Some graffiti art is disgraceful like gang graffiti, but there is a lot of graffiti art out there that has meaning and expresses feeling. Banksy is right, graffiti can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but in the right hands graffiti can inspire people, it can make people smile, or even warm someoneās heart. What makes Banksy a talented artist is that his art always has meaning behind it like when Banksy started painting rats for three years before someone told him that it is clever, it was an anagram of art. Banksy just pretended to know this about his art. Sometimes when Banksy does have meaning behind his art, I donāt think he knows. Banksy has a lot of fans that support him and appreciate his art. When Banksy had tagged one of his pieces on the side of a nightclub on a boat, the owner loved it, but when the harbormaster of the Bristol docks removed a Banksy tag, the nightclub owner threatened to take the harbormaster to court for unauthorized criminal damage. When Banksy found out, he returned to the boat to replace the tag with a Grim Reaper image. There are a lot of Banksy fans that love and appreciate him and his work, I know I do. Banksy is truly a man/woman of mystery. Part of me feels that since I read a lot articles and books on him, I know him. Yet, in my reality, Banksy is a mystery graffiti artist that shows meaning in his art. Even if I donāt know who Banksy really is, I still believe he is fighting a good fight, no violence, but showing others that the world could be a better looking place.
Ā Second, I believe that Banksyās art does have meaning or his art makes others feel encouraged because when I came across an article that discusses the Segregation wall in Palestine between Berlin and Israel, I was intrigued because they mention Banksy. I read that article, I was shocked and surprised because why would people want to build a wall between factions. But it also said that Banksy was there as well, on the outside and inside the wall. āPalestine has been occupied by the Israeli army since 1967. In 2002 the Israeli government began building a wall separating the occupied territories from Israel, much of it illegal under international lawā (Banksy). On the outside of the Segregation wall and at the West Bank Barrier of Israel, Banksy has created beautiful and inspiring works of art. For example, an image of an escape girl being carried away by a bunch of balloons and a little boy painting a rope ladder. One of my favorite pieces is an image of children in areas cut off from the sea, playing with sand buckets and spades on piles of rubble that look like sand. Then the landscape in the background is so beautiful yet sad at the same time because when I see the Segregation wall itself, itās depressing, but when I see that particular art work I feel that others could be inspired by it to escape as well. I believe what Banksy was trying to say through those artworks is that people can escape, try to gain their freedom, and feel excited to live a better life. Some of the locals didnāt see it that way; there was an old man that came across Banksy and asked him if he painted the wall and told he made it look beautiful. Banksy thanked the old man, but the old man didnāt want the wall to be beautiful; he states the locals hated the wall, then told Banksy to go home. I understand why the locals would have strong feelings about the wall, but if I had seen those artworks in person, I would have appreciated it and felt motivated and moved by it. We Americans see Banksyās art as profit, rare artwork, and elegant work of art. There are differences on how Americans, Islam or other country view Banksyās artwork, other fined it stunning and well-formed, the rest think itās offensive and illegal. Even in America, they are people that feel Banksy art are repulsive, I found out there is a lot graffiti artist who hate Banksy. I will get to that topic later.
Ā Third, exit through the gift shop. When I had watched this documentary, I thought it was about Banksy because he directed and was in the film, but the movie was about an ordinary French man named Thierry Guetta who liked to film ever where he went and the movie talked about graffiti artists and why they express their feelings through art on a wall like tagging words, glue sticks and posters on walls, or even spray printing symbols that define the artist. The movie also talked about other graffiti artists like Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader, Swoon, Andre, Ron English, Zevs, and Thierry Guetta as Mr. Brainwash. I found the movie to be breathe taking, it showed me that street art could be so powerful if people put their mind into their creative ways that symbolize themselves. I felt that the so called Mr. Brainwash was and still is a joke because in my perspective I feel that this art/directing skills are nothing but fraud, the only thing he does is change other artist artwork or photo image by using Photoshop thinking that heās a big shot artist or how he say it āIām brain washing peopleā (Mr. Brainwash). One of my favorite scenes throughout the movie is when Banksyās needed help to found tag spots in LA, so Banksy seek aid from Thierry. While Thierry was filming Banksy carrying out his artwork, Thierry starts to gain Banksyās loyalty and respect. One of my favorite scene was when Banksy took Thierry to London with him so he could continue on filming his work, it was this one scene when Banksy and his crew did a project by change a telephone box to look abstract. Thierry filmed the area pretty well that is when Banksyās allowed Thierry to film in his private studio afterwards. My second favorite scene was when Banksyās went to a museum gallery in New York, then place some of his artwork in the gallery. I felt that scene was tense because it was a bold move what Banksy did, I believe Banksy had good intensions. But there was one scene in the movie that got my attention, were when Banksys and Thierry went to Disneyland, Banksys had a piece he wanted to do and that was to dress up a blowup doll in a Guantanamo Bay prison outfit, then put in one of the rides construction. While Banksy fled the scene he had Thierry taking photos and film his piece. Disneyland security was in alerted, so they shut down the rides and took Thierry in for questioning, Thierry kept his mouth shut and didnāt say anything about Banksy. I truly felt that Thierry was a loyal and good friend that day, I know now why Banksy had trusted Thierry, now I donāt know. In the movie when came down to Banksys presenting his art show, I thought it was dazzling, one of the best art shows I have seen in my life.
Even though the movie was perfect and was a big hit, I believe Bnaksyās didnāt want to take credit for the film, I feel Banksy just wanted to show the world why artist express their feelings on a wall. I believe Banksyās was try to prove and I felt that he did. Street art is truly beautiful, once people give it a chance.
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