Analysis Of Exit Through The Gift Shop

Conceptual Art in “Exit Through the Gift Shop” The definition of good art or a good artist have changed since the eighteenth century from meaning a skilled person with skilled art to not so much as skilled, but a more original person with authentic and genuine work. In "Exit Through the Gift Shop", new ideas and authenticity is strongly demonstrated within each street artist's art by using innovation, individualism, and devotion to art as a vocation. Then, Banksy attempts to express how the modern technology of cell phones has hurt social interaction, privacy, and even health from taking the spot of telephone booths. In today’s world, many artists seem to be finding it difficult to become the famous and well-known artist they have thrived to be for years on end. Even with the
This seems to be a significant topic in the art world today because even the more skilled artists find it harder to find original ideas that capture the attention of their audience. The book “The Ancient Art of Emulation: Studies in Artistic Originality and Tradition” goes on to explain that from the past to the present, originality has become more important in the art world. For example, Banksy in “Exit Through the Gift Shop” had no trouble whatsoever creating new and original ideas for his art. This was shown in one of his art pieces when he created a bent and broken looking telephone booth that had a pick axe smashed into it and a pool of red paint (blood) seeping out from the bottom. This piece of art looks as though it had come from a psychotic killer because it was laid over on its side bent with a pickaxe stuck into it to top it off. The meaning of this piece could have several different meanings. This piece could be a statement on the decrease in usage of telephones as whole in society because in today’s world one must go to the store to purchase a