entitled "Exit Through the Gift Shop", this movie was
filmed by a French store keeper turned documenter
who tries to locate and befriend the world renowned
graffiti artist Banksy. However, since this street artist
has been anonymous for as long as he has been
around he was very reluctant to being video taped.
Other street artists that are featured are people such
as Shepard Fairley (the guy who came up with
Obama's famous "Hope" poster, as well as Invader
and many more.
This Film not only looks interesting because of the
intense graffiti that is being created before the lens,
but it is because this run of the mill guy is filming the
un-filmable. These are people that express
themselves in controversial/illegal ways. Banksy
alone has been around since the late 1980's and has
yet to be named with a face. His work is mostly stencil
art which saves on time and allows for intricate pictures.
Banksy has done some work outside of the streets such
as sneaking into well known art museums and placing
his own work on the walls (known as "shortcuts"
because it takes too long for the museums to properly
choose which painting to display). All of Banksy's work
has strong political, ethical and definitely controversial
topics.
Below are some of my favorites of his work.
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