Saturday, November 1, 2008

BANKSY is DANKSY

I've posted some work of Banksy's, probably the most mysterious and famous street artists of all time. He works all around the world, even on Israel's segregation wall, and over to New Orleans after Katrina, under a cloak of invisibility; there are no known photographs of the artist, even though he has done collaborative works with artists such as Damien Hirst.
His work combines simplified, realistic human forms with a socio-political narrative and often a humerous tone. Banksy is another one of us confused by our current situation as human beings, only he doesn't revel in the unknown, he illegally activates the mind of the viewer on a meaningful level. This is what grafitti/public art serves a purpose for. Our society is ugly, brick is ugly, violence is ugly, discrimination is ugly. Why not add a touch of beauty and some food for thought to the bore of concrete slabs?


1 Comment:

Amy Fichter [xenia elizabeth] said...

thanks, jake. i haven't heard of this artist, but i love the work.