Exit Through Gift Shop

In the art documentary movie Exit Through Gift Shop, there is a tale of series of arts created by Banksy. Thierry Guetta is an immigrant from France that moved in the 1990’s. He was a typical guy who carried his video camera everywhere he goes. It’s like a drug or accessory to him. He then met Space Invader later, a meeting that will change Guetta’s life forever.  Space Invader is in fact an innovator of street art. He recreates characters or cartoon, or animated things such as Mickey or Power Puff Girls in stickers and stuck it in places like graffiti. He also sculpts them with material, or in giant postures. He is believed in the film to be the biggest new movement of art since punk, which is why Guetta wanted to project a movie with him too, then Banksy. 

As for Banksy, he is a talented artist who first started off as a writer. In his 40’s he turned to be this internationally recognize, and unidentifiable artist who makes controversial art, in the streets. His art talks about politics, and reflect life with its perfection and imperfection. He is mostly active at night where he can produce a piece just by standing on his bike. His night operation is run by him, with the help of nobody sometime. He is the naughty boy who creates wonderful arts behind the scene. He is a revolutionary that he vandalizes statue and parks openly. His rebellious art has also humor and irony to it as he transform some sacred portrait of Virgin Mary, with her wearing a mask. Additionally, he has done things like nobody has done before when he takes the initiative to in art museums and stick his personally pieces in between spaces on the wall.

I personally think Banksy was not the man feature in the film with a covered face, and yes he is definitely a man. Welp, I’m not sure. Although it could be a woman, it takes man boldness to go print the arts they do in public places at night.

The two artworks that captivated by attention by him is the Orange and White road cone that he transforms to some sort of porcupines and put it in the middle of the road is fascinating and different as he may be passing a message of safe driving; 

or the Salami sausage that was display in the New York Café show. The salami was slice half way through. The unsliced halt had a cord at the end part that was moving up and down. It is fascinating and might be a strong message of advocacy of animal killings.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2lBcArEtbs

Banksy accepted Guetta,s documentary Exit Through Gift Shop and he said the content of it might be more interesting than him as he believed in Guetta’s talent to come out with some interesting outcome. Street art have a short life span compared to others in museums or legally recognized one as they can have 100 years of validity by the public. Banksy conditions were to let only his hands be seen in the film. When the project finally came out his opinions was that Guetta is “maybe someone with a mental problem who happens to have a camera. The scenes are an hour and a half long of unwatchable trailers.” To Banksy the movie has no real art in it.