Saturday, October 21, 2006

Bansky - Artist that makes you think



Have you ever heard about this artist called Bansky. This guy (I am assuming he is a guy) is out of England. He is unknown. He is famous for painting graffiti on buildings and on the streets. He does his work at night when no one can see him and then the product is ready in the morning. This guy is not limited to just England, his work has been seen on the Security Wall being built in Palestine (which will become the permanent wall eventually), Brooklyn (where he broke in this famous museum and put up his own work), and more. This is a self described Art Terrorist. His graffiti and work is very controversial and out of the box in terms of how it relays the message. He believes (rightly so) that if people are not interested in Art then the artist is too lazy to engage the audience. I couldn't agree more. There are so many times when we are told that this painting is great and this abstract work is incredible but we find nothing fascinating about it. Maybe because us common folk don't get the intricacies of Art pieces like a Monet, but if we are not told why these are great pieces (some preppie people like to keep the rest in the dark as to keep this Art thing exclusive) then we lose interest. If you as a messenger does not transmit your message in an interesting vehicle then the message will not be absorbed. You can write poems and read them to teenagers all you want but all you need is one song from Rage Against the Machine such as Guerrilla Radio or back in the day Public Enemy and you will get a much better response. Anyways, here are some work by this guy Bansky. I will leave some links. Peace.
Banksy Official Website
The Art of the State
Flicr



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