Banksy being the notorious jokester in Britain has come along way from the
controversy, vandalism ,and mischief of his work. Banksy creates these loops of comical
and serious political, cultural, or ethnic issues with his graffiti I find fascinating. I’ve
been a fan of Banksy for quiet some time understanding his method with the stencil
technique and realistic style of his graffiti. The fact that he mysteriously puts up these
pieces of work for public attraction and interaction is purely so people expand they’re
knowledge on whatever issue Banksy wants to address at the moment. He’s done a resent
piece in New Orleans where hurricane Katrina hit, making stenciled works of the
situation of the surrounding area. His style being criminal in the eyes of law because of
his medium which are public and private areas. This act of vandalism I believe gets his
point or option across being judged as art, crime, or revelation.
His background information and identity isn’t truly identified because of his
security towards revealing himself. This makes Banksy and his work more appealing
because the artist doesn’t commend his work and credit. A lot of viewers speculate this as
a act for fame and being mentioned but I believe like any artist its his own unique right
whether or not to show himself. I believe exposing himself would break the act he’s
portrayed for years and would ruin the essence of what he’s trying to explain. Stenciling
being just one of his styles also include more intense acts which bend or break the rules of
authority. He went around museums in the United States in disguise and propped fake
comical pictures of famous art paintings. This controversial act of insulting the artist has
been claimed in high remarks as crude, and unjust towards the art world. Banksy being
the wildcard breaks this law of authority because none else has been noticed for it.
Authority is always something which we believe in high regard to follow and drone
through. Like many guerilla artist Banksy claims become noticed more frequently.
Banksy believes in the quote, “rules are meant to be broken” and I cannot help
but thinking about a reference to the movie, The DARK KNIGHT where authority and
rules are thrown out the window and introduces chaos into everything that is set in
motion of right and wrong. I picture Banksy as Heath Ledger (THE JOKER), in the
movie being a rebel and breaking ties to what is accepted and what isn’t. Of course not to
the extremes as in the movie, but I just get that sense from Banksy and his work.
Banksy’s forceful push of work being everywhere in Britain and extending across the
world might not be the traditional way of attention but its successful none the less. Even
if he’s considered a vandal and doesn’t deserve the praise hes embellished over the years
people have to realize his dedication to his work. He hasn’t been caught or exposed in his
identify which is key toward his success.
Banksy’s inspired many artist traditional, fine, and freelance especially my
work where I look for more of a political or cultural idea to create a statement of crisis
and issue surrounding the world. The idea to make viewers think and address what I’m
conveying in the statement. The article wants a face with Banksy but I believe the symbol
of his work has struck the many possibilities of who this man is and what he looks like;
and behind his symbol and work that’s the only face we’ll need to know Banksy.
controversy, vandalism ,and mischief of his work. Banksy creates these loops of comical
and serious political, cultural, or ethnic issues with his graffiti I find fascinating. I’ve
been a fan of Banksy for quiet some time understanding his method with the stencil
technique and realistic style of his graffiti. The fact that he mysteriously puts up these
pieces of work for public attraction and interaction is purely so people expand they’re
knowledge on whatever issue Banksy wants to address at the moment. He’s done a resent
piece in New Orleans where hurricane Katrina hit, making stenciled works of the
situation of the surrounding area. His style being criminal in the eyes of law because of
his medium which are public and private areas. This act of vandalism I believe gets his
point or option across being judged as art, crime, or revelation.
His background information and identity isn’t truly identified because of his
security towards revealing himself. This makes Banksy and his work more appealing
because the artist doesn’t commend his work and credit. A lot of viewers speculate this as
a act for fame and being mentioned but I believe like any artist its his own unique right
whether or not to show himself. I believe exposing himself would break the act he’s
portrayed for years and would ruin the essence of what he’s trying to explain. Stenciling
being just one of his styles also include more intense acts which bend or break the rules of
authority. He went around museums in the United States in disguise and propped fake
comical pictures of famous art paintings. This controversial act of insulting the artist has
been claimed in high remarks as crude, and unjust towards the art world. Banksy being
the wildcard breaks this law of authority because none else has been noticed for it.
Authority is always something which we believe in high regard to follow and drone
through. Like many guerilla artist Banksy claims become noticed more frequently.
Banksy believes in the quote, “rules are meant to be broken” and I cannot help
but thinking about a reference to the movie, The DARK KNIGHT where authority and
rules are thrown out the window and introduces chaos into everything that is set in
motion of right and wrong. I picture Banksy as Heath Ledger (THE JOKER), in the
movie being a rebel and breaking ties to what is accepted and what isn’t. Of course not to
the extremes as in the movie, but I just get that sense from Banksy and his work.
Banksy’s forceful push of work being everywhere in Britain and extending across the
world might not be the traditional way of attention but its successful none the less. Even
if he’s considered a vandal and doesn’t deserve the praise hes embellished over the years
people have to realize his dedication to his work. He hasn’t been caught or exposed in his
identify which is key toward his success.
Banksy’s inspired many artist traditional, fine, and freelance especially my
work where I look for more of a political or cultural idea to create a statement of crisis
and issue surrounding the world. The idea to make viewers think and address what I’m
conveying in the statement. The article wants a face with Banksy but I believe the symbol
of his work has struck the many possibilities of who this man is and what he looks like;
and behind his symbol and work that’s the only face we’ll need to know Banksy.
James Stevens
1 comment:
James,
The mulitifacted work of Bansky is thouroughly explored in your writing. The question about authority is completely key in what he and other artists for the week's reading are asking. Without asking or questioning authority, how does art progress?
ALso, in your next post-- think about the connection between all readings and address it-- you don't need to write on each individual artist-- can choose one to support your understanding of the links between all.
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