...When people think and/or hear the word graffiti, they relate it to gangs and vandalism to property. Other people see it has a way to express and communicate with others. Graffiti artist or “writers” as they prefer to be called are passionate, skilled, community- oriented, and socially conscious in ways that profoundly contradict the way they’ve been portrayed as common criminals and vandals. Graffiti has a negative stigma that typically relates to crime. To the artist, they are not committing any crime but to outsiders they are committing illegal acts. Keywords: Graffiti, Banksy, interpretation, crime, vandalism Open interpretation of Banky’s graffiti art When people think and/or hear the word graffiti, they relate it to gangs and vandalism to property. Other people see it has a way to express and communicate with others. People may see graffiti written on walls, buildings, trains, buses, freeway and/or road signs, billboards, and any space an artist wants their work to be seen. With the many surfaces that graffiti will be written on, public or private, it is vandalism and illegal. Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place (Ferrell 2006, pg. 6). Common terms for graffiti are; tagging, pieces, and throw-ups. Graffiti artist or “writers” as they prefer to be called are passionate, skilled, community- oriented, and socially conscious in ways that profoundly contradict the way they’ve been...
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...Graffiti is a controversial art form that evokes many different reactions and opinions. Some people do not even consider it an art, but see it as a crime. Still others see it as both. However, whether it is seen as any of these conditions, some graffiti has value within the broader urban context. The work of Banksy, for example, is highly valued by its viewers for its satirical perspectives on politics and society. Although Banksy’s work is not what many people think of when graffiti is mentioned, it certainly is because of the “canvas” which is used (walls, buildings, and other public places.) Banksy’s work may be considered more artistic than most of the other types of graffiti because he does so much more than simply paint his name in a certain style and his works lend themselves less to urban decay and are more valuable to the urban landscape. Although some forms of graffiti, such as tagging, devalue an area, the work of Banksy does the opposite due to the messages each works portrays and the aesthetic appareance each one has. Banksy started his career as a graffiti artist in 1993 in Bristol, London. He started off like other graffiti artists and tagged...
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...Banksy and Terry are two extreme lovers of art that met at the right place at the right time. Banksy and Terry are both from Britain. But now, they both live in the US. In 2006, Banksy came to the USA and met Terry, who also has obsessive compulsive disorder. The two were benefiting from each other’s personal interest. Banksy is known as a graffiti street artist. Terry is the man who loves to video tape anything and everything. They both have obsessive compulsive disorder which drives them crazy and they want attention. Banksy's art is everywhere and his signature is on everything, on dry land and even in the middle of the ocean. But the artist was unknown for years, which makes him even more famous. People really want to know who Banksy is....
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...Banksy is one of the most famous and mysterious street artists in the world. Helen Weaver, ‘’The Art in an America” magazine writer states that,” Banksy was born in 1974 and was raised in Bristol UK. When he first started spray painting, he was ten years old.” Banksy enjoyed the attention he received from the public. He loved using street art to express his emotion. In the early years the authorities worked hard to remove his pictures from public places. They considered his art vandalism, and destructive to the public property. Vandalism is when someone deliberately destroys public or private property. However, the public fought to save some of his pictures. Banksy is a very influential artist in his time. He was well respected, and recognized by his fans around the world. The Guantanamo art piece shows that Banksy...
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...In the early 2000s Banksy moved to his artistic activity to London where his popularity started to rise to an international level. Some of his prominent works from London are the London Phone Booth (sold for $605,000 dollars by Sotheby’s Auction); Queen Victoria (sold for $478,095 dollars by Sotheby’s Auction); Very Little Helps; Choose Your Weapon; and more. Avoiding traditional galleries, Banksy hosted exhibitions of his art in the abandoned locations, such as, tunnels and warehouses, which he justified by stating: “When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.” Banksy wanted to be available to everyone to the contrary of the traditional artists. As a matter of fact, he gives out...
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...The artist Banksy is an anonymous artist known for the severals graffiti he made around the world. He could be from Bristol in England. He mostly uses the stencil technique to achieve his work. His graffitis are sometimes accompagned of text. Thanks to his art, he criticizes the modern society and give strong messages. He started in Street art towards 1992-1994. His age might be around 30 years (he was born in 1974) The context Since Israel creation in 1948, a lot of conflicts took place between Israel and Palestine and some others Middle East countries. In 2002, Israel decided to build a wall to protect the country from the Palestinian attacks. The aim was to separate Israeli and Palestinian population. The wall became the symbol of a closed and militarized frontier. Description This graffti represents two children playing as if they were on a beach, with sceau and pelles. We can see that these two characters have been stenciled on the wall. They seem happy to be playing on the sand. They are represented in black and white in contrast with the sceau which is yellow. The two children are shirtless, but we don’t know if it is to evoke heat or poverty. Above the 2 children, we see like a hole, in which there is a paradisiac and sunny landscape, with palmiers, cocotiers, turquoise water, white sand and a beach. The wall seems broken. Interpretation Through this graffiti, Bansky tries to criticize war stupidity. It is why he decided to paint on this specific...
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...known for his brilliant work, yet not because they are displayed in museums, but rather on the view of their symbolic representations. Banksy is a British graffiti artist that has captured many hearts through his daring works on city walls, buildings, and landmarks. He has painted on structures all across the world including America, London, Australia, and many more. All the while, the most intriguing thing about Banksy is his decision and ability to remain completely anonymous. Banksy himself says, “If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask”. After all the years Banksy has been painting he has yet been caught red handed....
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...Jennifer Olvera 1 Seminar in Art History Aesthetics October 8, 2013 Research Proposal Banksy From what we know now graffiti can be said to have dated as far back as ancient history. From the existence of the first prehistoric cave paintings to the Egyptian hieroglyphics, an identity to the way of living that existed in those periods of time was discovered. Now in the modern era the artistic form of graffiti has changed its style once more. In the late 1980s and early 1990s a new wave trend of hip hop music was transformed and therefore, spawned a new culture of artistic expression. Better known now as street art or illegal art, several graffiti artists such as the most well known urban street artist Banksy, find themselves out of place in today’s society. This is due to the fact of the different way of order that limits these expressions primarily by the government’s control and power. What we once saw in early history as normal, has now been taken for granted and those important expectations of life have been forgotten. Banksy’s street art responds to these social inclinations in an illegal and yet clever aesthetic way, where his identity remains unknown and his art revealed. In a brief research of my sources it can be said that what is...
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...IT career? Are they political, even secretively, yet hate all the major parties? Do you sense that they’re searching for something that can’t be found on EBAy? Does the creative soul in them get turned on by adventure? Well Congratulations because you may have given birth to what their generation will sorely need . . . A Graffiti Artist. In the 1990s Graffiti was still colour on walls to some, and criminal activity to others, but out of this disagreement an unknown artist, and he is still unknown, emerged. His street name, Bansky. One of his first famous quotes that he painted on a wall read: “We can’t do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves.” — Banksy An Artist with a larrakin heart wrapped around a disgruntled, political soul he once climbed into the penguin enclosure at London Zoo and and painted “We’re bored of fish” in 7-foot-high letters. In August 2005, he painted an image of children digging a hole through the Israeli West Bank barrier. Then, in 2006, he placed up to 500 copies of Paris Hilton‘s debut CD, Paris, in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse. The Music tracks were given titles such as “Why Am I Famous?”, “What Have I Done?” and “What Am I For?”. Several copies of the CD were purchased by the public before stores were able to remove them, some going on to be sold for as much as £750 on online auction websites such...
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...The True Essence of Magical Realism Amy Beals (14963137) ITT Technical Institute The True Essence of Magical Realism What comes to mind when you hear the word magic or magical? The average person typically thinks of witchcraft, spells, voodoo, and even disappearing bunny rabbits. The word realism, in the everyday use, is a word we are very familiar with. Join magical and realism together and they take on a whole new meaning. The marriage of these two words transforms their very individual definitions into one unique meaning. Magical realism has since developed into a literary genre; it represents more than just a definition. Magical realism has, in essence, become a philosophy, a real way of seeing things. It also represents much more than an attitude, or a window to view the world; it has become a philosophy of life. The very wording itself is an oxymoron (Rodgers, 2002). According to many critics, Magical Realism was thought to have originated, as a new art form, in the early twentieth century. Having been given credit for coining the term, Franz Roh, writes about this new art form in one of his articles. The 1925 article “Magical Realism,” Mr. Roh explains Magical Realism through the examination of artistic styles. He further explained that an artist may review the texture, the light, and the shape of an object to influence the portrayal of what is simply a caricature of reality; there isn’t any significant meaning other than the obvious real qualities of what is being...
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...Dictionary, graffiti are "writings or drawings made on surfaces in public places", this kind of artwork first began to display some sort of self-expression or story. Banksy, a British street artist, conveys his messages through the same manner of powerful artwork like graffiti. Whenever a message is purposely trying to be conveyed, there must be elements included like the rhetorical triangles of ethos, pathos, logos as well as the audience, purpose, and context. Furthermore, the author of the message will also have to convey the aspect of Master Class. In respect to this particular artwork by Banksy, the message...
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...Demetrius Lee Jacqueline Fetzer English 802 29 November 2015 The Misunderstood Art Form of Graffiti Graffiti is a monumental part of any urban environment. Many view the action of graffiti to be the work of a criminal while others view it as the work of an artist. Vandalism, the destruction of property, is the category that graffiti falls under in many countries. It is understandable that posting graffiti on a private small business is a criminal act. However, graffiti can and should be viewed as a form of art no matter the location. Many art museums have graffiti style pieces, which further reinforces the argument for graffiti being viewed as a work of an artists rather than a vandal. At the end of the day, graffiti is an antisocial (not accepted as a valid form of social expression) form of art. Modern graffiti originated in the 1960s and was used by teenagers as a form of expression; it eventually metastasized into a majority of urban environments and eventually found its way into art museums internationally (Whitehead, 26). However, as the popularity of graffiti grew, law enforcement began to view it as the work of criminal vandals and legislation was passed in an attempt to halt it. As time progressed graffiti’s social point of view has improved as its presence has decreased (Dennant 1997). Modern graffiti first appeared in the 1960s in Philadelphia (CIA). It was mostly about “tagging” or putting your name on a piece of public property. However, as graffiti...
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...“The Importance of Authenticity for Self and Society.” Symbolic Interaction 18.2 (Summer 1995): 121–41. Print. Exit Through the Gift Shop. Dir. Banksy. Paranoid Pictures, 2010. Netflix. Web. 29 April 2011. Fine, Gary Allan. “Crafting Authenticity: The Validation of Authenticity in Self-Taught Art.” Theory and Society 32.2 (April 2003): 153–80. Web. Gomez, Marisa A. “The Writing On Our Walls: Finding Solutions Through Distinguishing Graffiti Art From Graffiti Vandalism.” University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 26 (Spring 1993): 633–707. Web. Grant, Barry. Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. Print. Halsey, Mark and Alison Young. “’Our Desires Are Ungovernable’: Writing Graffiti in Urban Space.” Theoretical Criminology 10 (2006): 275–306. Web. Leidtka, Jean. “Strategy Making and the Search for Authenticity.” Journal of Business Ethics 80 (2008): 237–48. Web. Phillips, David. Exhibiting Authenticity. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. Print. Bourdon, David (1971), "Warhol as Filmmaker," Art News, 59 (3), 48-53. Bourdon, David (1989), Warhol, New York: Abradale Press. Shiner, Larry. “’Primitive Fakes,’ ‘Tourist Art,’ and the Ideology of Authenticity.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 52.2 (Spring 1994): 225–34. Web. Banksy. Wall and Piece. London: Random House, 2006. Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall. London: Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2003. Cong, Huynh....
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...Artist research Banksy His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy's work was made up of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. According to author and graphic designer, Tristan Manco, and the book Home Sweet Home, Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher, but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s." Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris, Jeff Aerosol, who sprayed his first street stencil in 1982 in Tours (France), and members of the anarchy-punk band Crass, which maintained a graffiti stencil campaign on the London Tube System in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Banksy says, however, that he was inspired by "3D", a graffiti artist who later became a founding member of Massive Attack. Known for his contempt for the government in labelling graffiti as vandalism, Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls, even going as far as to build physical prop pieces. Banksy does not sell photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, however, art auctioneers have been known to attempt...
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...The Art of Graffiti Some people say that art and graffiti are two different things. Which makes sense, one is adored and one is despised. One gets bought, and one gets scoffed at and removed for public eye. However, most people don’t actually know the definition of one of, or both of, these words. The definition of art is “Something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings.” Sounds about right, although I, personally, don’t find the majority of the art created very beautiful, but, oh well, c'est la vie. Also, the definition of graffiti is “Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.”S, now that you know the definitions of both words, time to learn some facts. There are a few uses of Graffiti, however they’re not that great. One common use of graffiti is to disseminate political ideas, meaning that they don’t like the political candidates or what they’re doing in the political run in the first place. People also use it to rebel against authority and media, meaning they know it’s illegal and they want to get under the cops and governments skin and do it anyway. Also, on the flip side of the coin, they could also use it to support the political candidates and everything they are doing. Graffiti is illegal though, for completely legitimate reasons. Graffiti is considered a form of vandalism, and is illegal when it defaces public or private property...
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