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.
Banksy! I find it interesting how people don't appreciate his work. I think it's similar to people's response to Andy Warhol's original screen prints; it was hard for people to appreciate something as art when they were doing something they considered to be a skill. This is kinda also like the struggles the Enlightenment artists had when they were establishing themselves within the art guild rather than being craftsmen.
ReplyDeleteIt's kinda crazy how Banksy misses out on the money generated from his work, but I respect that this gives him the anonymity needed to make his daring political statements, as well as keeping his integrity.
It’s interesting to see that some people can actually refer to it as graffiti. People seem to be stuck in their old ways of thinking; which is if you use a spray can on anything but canvas its deemed Graffiti, But how can this possibly be Graffiti it is humorous, political, and silly drawings that make every day people stop and think and look and laugh. I think really the question should be asked what is art? I believe if it generates thinking and individual ideas than it has to be art. Forget the medium and the stigmas of spray-paint and enjoy the Art. Because Banksy has captivated the world over with his ideas and that’s what’s so fun about him.
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ReplyDeleteGreat blog stacy! good stuff! I really find Banksy's work VERY INTERESTING, I agree with Johnny on how he commented "It’s interesting to see that some people can actually refer to it as graffiti. People seem to be stuck in their old ways of thinking" people in our world today I believe are still very stereotypical. If one saw a picture or graffiti out on the streets, they would immediately think of it as committing illegal vandalism. I personally think that people need to know the difference between tagging (gang affiliated) and political art on the streets. Also, in my opinion Banksy's work comes out very affecteive in our society today, showing his artwork out in the real world, in different locations and cities really gains him more attention and credit, he wants to captivate humankind and drag our attention out of the media and out of our typical materialistic world. He wants us to focus more on what is really happening in our world and how humankind has grown to be so corrupted!
ReplyDeleteBanksy's work is very impressive and in the same time humorous.
ReplyDeleteI like that every single work has a message so we can say that it's a thoughtful not just a vandalism.He is very good artist i like his style.My favorite graffiti of him is from Israel-Palestine Wall.
Banksy's work is very much related to politics and their game of playing around with our lives like a ball of string, eventually there wont be anything left of life, he incorporates, courts filled with chimpanzees and graffiti can wielding chimpanzees. His work can be describe as both random and simple, depending on how you see art through your eyes.
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