Criticism In Exit Through The Gift Shop Banksy

When you see street art (or graffiti) what comes to mind? You might think of criminals who wear masks and draw on the sides of buildings, trucks, and other public places. Others who are involved in the underground world will call it a movement, making statements that the public and other artists are allowed to critique and react to. There are numerous artist that go on a dangerous and trilling endeavor to get their form of art into the world. Along with risking their freedom ,the art they create often disappears soon after it is published. In the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy gives says, “. . . I realized that the reactions of this stuff was, you know one of the most interesting things about it. Cause for me it’s an important
part of the job to run away as soon as we’ve done it, but, at least with Thierry we had someone hanging around afterwards who could capture some of it.” The artist I chose to focus on throughout this report is Banksy. He keeps his identity anonymous, which is particularly one of the many reasons why I chose to study him. The information I received is as followed: