Art is unique, original, and one of a kind or so we thought. Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary about French filmmaker Thierry or Mister Brainwash who very quickly turns into a street artist. Banksy, the person Thierry looks up to is the one behind Mister Brainwash’s success, which causes us to question is Mister Brainwash a true artist or a scammer who is using other art claiming it is his own? According to Exit Through the Gift Shop, Mr Brainwash is the next upcoming artist, or is it showing just how much art has changed and how easy it is to become an artist just by using what’s already at Thierry’s feet along with brainwashing gullible collectors into believing his art is one of a kind?
Banksy, a well-known street artist, is …show more content…
Thierry Guetta used Banksy and many other street artists to discover all of the hidden street artist techniques to help him figure out ways to cheat the system of art all while still being able to claim himself as the artist. Mister Brainwash followed Banksy everywhere. He enjoyed the risky adventures he and Banksy would go on. Not only would Thierry follow Banksy he would go up on the rooftops and be just as risky as Banksy was. Banksy had no clue that he was creating Mister Brainwash, the next upcoming street artist. Thierry had major respect for Banksy and so whenever Banksy gave him the idea to go and make his own art and to put on a small show Thierry wasn’t going to shy away from that idea. Nick Schager from Slant Magazine author of “Exit Through the Gift Shop” writes that “Thierry on Banksy’s suggestion, invested everything he had in his own art career, which blatantly and lousy mimicked Banksy’s work and yet, on the basis on and L.A. Weekly cover story and a hit installation show, made him an overnight sensation.”(Schager, et al. 4) Banksy states,”Most artists spend years perfecting their craft, finding their style” however Mister Brainwash didn’t even spend six months discovering himself as an artist and he hired a staff of over one