Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Exit through the gift shop !

I watched a documentary called "Exit through the gift shop" which is about Banksy, the stencil graffiti artist. It showed the inside story of street art through an eccentric shop keeper named Thierry Guetta turned documentary film maker as he attempts to capture the worlds most infamous graffiti artists. He comes accross Banksy and his work and is intrigued with his habits and artwork. Guetta becomes obsessed with Banksy and graffiti that he decides to create and document his own work adopting the name of "Mr Brainwash."

I found this documentary really interesting and an inspiration to my work. It showed the lives of the artists and how they create their stencil graffiti and choose the places in which the graffiti is placed.





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