Bansky
- Banksy is one of the most influential artist of our generation
- Better then Warhol
- Graffiti artist Banksy
- Who he is remains a well guarded identity
- People continue in their search of who he is. His real identity remains a secret and almost a mythology
- Known for his street art
- Known as an anti social graffiti artist
- Van Gogh’s flowers wilted, Monets painting with shopping trolleys under the bridge, Warhols manipulated as well, using Kate Moss’s face instead of Marilyn Monroe
- Even if he doesn’t sign his work you can identify if its is his work
- His works involve stencilling on walls
- He has a big thing with rats in his works. Where he goes, so do the rats
- When he tires of the street his visits museums and zoos and he places some of his works there.
- Not only does his work involves walls but also books, cd covers
- When you look at his works, you can get a sense of who he is.
- The rat use often, symbolises the triumphant of the little people on the street
- Symbols to the authority which is of the policemen
- Some of the police are quite fond of him
- CCT cameras a quite for of him and follows him
- It juxtaposes and shows the revolution of society
- Art and Design as an agent for cultural and political change
- Spanish artist Goya was concerned about mankind and one of his paintings shows of Saturn devouring children
- Goya, “The Third of May”
- Goya, “ The Sleep of Reason”
- Most of his paintings were gruesome and some involved soldeirs and people being hacked to devoured to death.
- Daurnier, “The Third Class Carriage” – political motivation in his paintings
- Picasso, “ Guernica”
- These artworks contribute with whats going in the world
- Picasso’s painting also uses a dove which represent peace
- Banksy followed this by giving the birds flap jackets
- John Heartfield was around during the 2nd World War and talks about the Nazis and the political war. One showing of Hitler and his spine showing
- There was a lot of propaganda
- Photojournalism – The Vietnam war and all the violence , killing and what happened during the war
- Political cartoons are the least agreesive of the form of persuasive arts
- Sometimes they are just neutral in tone and sometimes they are quite savage and nasty
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