Michael Morris
WRT-101
4/19/16
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

“I spend a lot of time trying to perfect my line work and my hand, but my hand will always be imperfect because it’s human. From a distance, it might look straight, but when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. And I think that’s where the beauty is.”—Margaret Kilgallen. Art is the expression of human creative skill and creativity, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be loved primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Beauty is mixture of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, which please the senses, especially the sight. Creating something painting magnificent to draw the viewer’s eye. Art and beauty to me are very important. Art is all around: art is in music, photography, painting, singing, poetry, dancing, drawing, or even building something creative. Art is an amazing gift that everyone has within himself or herself. Music is a learning therapy and teaching tool. Music adjusts to our moods and used throughout our lives. Music leads to a healthy life. If you like it or not music is a huge part of our lives. Terry Guetta who owns a local clothing store in Los Angeles, and has this unusual obsession with videotaping. This obsession of recording everything happening in his life began after he started his family as a result of his missing childhood. What began as a hobby soon turned into Terry made-up leading him miles away from his family to board on a journey that would forever change his life. Terry began to explore the world of street art, a cultural experience where artists carved their mark on streets of major cities all over the world. Terry began to film every minute of his searching while meeting many of the noticeable street artists along the way. His journey first began by meeting the artist space foe that led him into the hidden culture of art graffiti. Terry became involved by the thrill and rush of this new trend, and soon began to put his camera to use. He began to document the works of all the street artists he met along the way including Sheppard Fairy as well as the infamous Banksy. Photography is creating and taking a shot that can tell a story. Lengthily imagine each shot of the story, or simply walk through the setting in your mind, he/she will want to think about the type of shots that will work best to tell your story. Each shot will work like a sentence in a one-paragraph story. Each shot must emphasize a different concept or emotion that can be united together with the other images for the final draft of the story. Remember that story telling takes practice. Terry adventure took an extreme turn when he first met Banksy otherwise known as the most highly profiled street artist in the game. Banksy was a man of secrecy who usually kept his personal and street art life a secret from the public eye. His usual judgment Banksy allowed Terry to follow and record his extremely seen work. The purpose was to create a street art life that would open the world to this new and exciting art culture. I do not have to be an amazing writer to pull off a powerful photographer. All you need is a bit of photographic technique, some creativity, and a lot of heart. Once I begin taking pictures my stories and images will never be the same. Painting is just like photography you paint to tell a story. I do not have to be good it is all about having a creative mind. When the film was finally ready to be created, Banksy took the leads of the project as a result of Terry’s unprofessional film production skills. He encouraged Terry to board on a new journey of street art while Banksy was busy creating the life. Terry took his advice to heart and began to create his own identified calling himself Mr. Brainwash. Took the streets of Los Angeles by storm, and Terry began to put together his own art exhibition around Mr. Brainwash. The exhibition blew up in popularity because of Terry’s friends and Mr. Brainwash began to pull in nearly $100,000 per piece of artwork. Painting voices what we are feeling inside of ourselves. Painting opens up a whole world to your eyes and to the viewer’s eyes. Singing is and amazing art. Singing is beautiful the way a person can hold a sweet sounding note with their voice is beauty being itself. Singing takes the crowd into this place where everything just fades away. Your mind, heart, and soul are in another place out of this world that I and the other person can understand. Many street artists found Terry artwork to be a fake because it lacked creativity and could be considered a mix of different ideas. Many thought he simply took bits and pieces of art styles along the way and created a work that lacked personal progress. Terry close friends such as Sheppard Fairy and Bansky were not excited at the outburst in Mr. Brainwash’s fame. There is an important meaning that comes from this documentary, and Terry’s adventure shows a lot of that. Art is something that should come from the heart and there should be a personal relationship between an artist and his/her work. Street artists use different tools for connecting with everyday people, asking questions about social matters and saying political interests. That is why street art often refers to an informal art as conflict to government creativities and can be a powerful stage for reaching the public and acute issues. For other artists urban art is simply an variation of visual artwork into a format of public space that makes possible for artists reach a much broader audience and be seen in the off Centre places. Terry’s situation many thought he only cared about the money and fame whereas his works took a backseat. Many of the times he was not focused on his work or his exhibit allowing his employees to simply put them in any order for the exhibition. Many of the times his art really didn’t have any deeper meaning or message to send to society making him very different from all the street artists. When you compare Terry work to Sheppard Fairy or Banksy, you can see the difference. Sheppard Fairy and Banksy created their own styles that were original and most of all important to them. It was a change in culture where these artists wanted to send the people a message by putting up their work in the streets. On top of that, these artists created works from their own motivation and it was something that came from the heart. Terry’s case a lot of his work was simply a knockoff of other artists and he did not have a deep link to those pieces. Many of Terry’s friends that he met along the way were very unhappy with him such as Space Invader who no longer keeps in contact with Terry. Many of those artists were unhappy because street art was supposed to be about something much more than just fame and money. These artists feel like they were damaged and it was as if Terry had taken the shortcut to success and damaging the art culture. The purposes and motivations that drive painters are as varied as people themselves. Some artists express their thoughts on canvas, wood, stone, glass and others just would like to put away all traditional ways and find different public spaces the best for the expression of their ideas. And I think that it is so wonderful that we can be witnesses of the rise of new arts, be charmed with them and be inspired for our own art feats. The film really opened the world to not only street art, but also the culture that these artists bring to the world. Many of these artists spill their souls into their artwork hoping to change the world in different ways. It was definitely more than a documentary just on street art, but shows the world the culture that comes with it. We experience things in life that we cannot stop. We were born to be different and were born to stand out. Never giving up is what I live by each and everyday. Experience love, joy, peace, respect is what we would make a better life. In this life I try to prevent negative thoughts and negative minds in my life. All my life I let other people drag me into situation that I didn’t feel comfortable but I learn so much and it made think different. So never let anyone tell you different about you who are. Believe in the good and believe in positively.