Banksy's work

Banksky's work mural or graffiti? I believe its a bit of both he could make them murals but the locations that banksy chooses gives the feel of grafitti art, his artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture and ethics. Banksy started out as a free hand graffiti artist and was part of Bristol's DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ) and from there on Banksy started using stencils in his free hand art and realised it was alot faster. Banksy humourous stencils usualy included a slogan, the message was usually anti-war, anti capitalism or anti-established subject matter often used rat, elderly, children, policemen and soliders. In 2003 Banksy had an excibition called "turf war" where Banksy painted on animals, the RSPCA thought the conditions were suitable and animal activist protested by chaining herself to railing post.

Bansky work is appreciated by some but is still seen as graffiti by others, Banksy displayed his work at the national park at Alcatraz Island were national park service site supervisor said "and sorry folks, we have removed this graffiti". They also went on saying how they are preserving and protecting the site for future generations. So obviously his work is not appreciated by alot of people and is just considered as graffiti and distruction of property but for some they can really appreciate what he's doing hes trying to make a point but in all honesty ha is making his work just look like graffiti and the locations he is choosing is really influencing this or maybe thats the idea he was going for a location where it can be seen by many. whatever he is trying to achieve there are many mixed opinions about his work.

Can Banksy's work be sold? thats a good question Banksy's work is usually on brick walls billboards and very public areas.. Banksy does not sell photos of street graffitti but art auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art and leave the problem of removal to the winning bidder."On 21 February 2007, Sotheby's auction house in london auctioned three works, reaching the highest ever price for a Banksy work at auction: over £102,000 for his Bombing Middle England. Two of his other graffiti works, Balloon Girl and Bomb Hugger, sold for £37,200 and £31,200 respectively, which were well above their estimated prices. The following day's auction saw a further three Banksy works reach soaring prices: Ballerina With Action Man Parts reached £96,000; Glory sold for £72,000; Untitled (2004) sold for £33,600; all significantly above estimated values. To coincide with the second day of auctions, Banksy updated his website with a new image of an auction house scene showing people bidding on a picture that said, "I Can't Believe You Morons Actually Buy This Shit"

From the previous comment Banksy made"I Can't Believe You Morons Actually Buy This Shit" obviously does not believe his work is worth the price it was sold for or just not appreciate his talent and the work he is producing. I guess everything comes down to each individuals opinion on what art is some see sculptures, portraits as artwork and others see bombing and graffitti art as artwork. Theres not much information on the identity of Banksy but i did find that he was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England his father was a photocopier technican and that Bankst trained as a butcher but got involved in graffiti. He has been involved in different groups such as Bristol DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), and is involved in many projects and exhibitions he has done some pretty out there stuff such as painting animals, In August 2004, Banksy produced a quantity of spoof British £10 notes substituting the picture of Queens haed with princess dianas head and changing the text "Bank of England" to "Banksy of England." Someone threw a large wad of these into a crowd at Notting Hill Carnival that year, which some recipients then tried to spend in local shops"

Banksy is a very interesting character to say the least.. but i've really enjoyed looking at his work. It gets my brain thinking what point is he trying to get across.. his work keeps your brain on its tippy toes.

The industrial revolution was in the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining and transport had a profound effect on the the socioeconomic and cultural conditions. this started in the united kingdom which spread eventually to the whole world, the industrial revolution was major turning point for human history, almost every aspect of daily life was eventually influenced in some way.

Claude Monets painting Impression Sunrise

Is the sun set against the dawn, the motionless surroundings in contrast to the vibrance of the sun, to many the sun undulates or pulsates slightly this is because the sun is the same luminance as the grayish clouds. the lack of colour explains the the paintings "eerie quality". Monet has painted the the sun almost the same colour as the clouds which i think makes the painting more intriguing. Monet's work relates to the period of the industrial revolution because his method of media changed the way the viewer sees the work, "using more natural methods of lighting their work and looking at the world with freshness and immediacy" so Monet's work changed art in a way just like the Industrial Revolution changed most aspects of everyday life.

'The weather project

By Olafur Eliasson

The weather Project was installed at the London's Tate Modern in 2003 as part of the popular Unilever series. The installation filled the open space of the gallery's Turbine Hall. He used humidifiers, sugar and water to create a fine mist of air and also a semi circular disc made up of hundreds of monochronic lamps which radiated single frequency yellow light. the ceiling was cover with a giant mirror were the visitors could look up at themselves as tiny shadows. I think Olafur's intention of the work for myself was it giving the feeling of a higher being, when they lye down on the ground and see themselves is the way someone looking from above would see you. well thats the feel i get from Olafer's instillaion. also the heat and the fine air gives the feeling that your high up like near the sun just like a supreme being would.. I think the over all experience is just to see what things would be like from a higher being.

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