Kassandra Bradley Dr. Ilona Szekely Art 420 09 February 2017 Film Critique- Exit through the Gift Shop “Exit Through the Gift Shop” is a documentary mainly about street art. The film is mostly documented by a man named Thierry Guetta. “Exit Through the Gift Shop” features many street artists. The first artist featured was Guetta’s cousin‚ known as space invader. Another artist was Shepard Fairey. Fairey is known for creating the Obama ‘Hope’ posters. The main street artist in the film is known
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limits in the media and societal culture. In modern society‚ street art is considered as vandalism‚ in comparison to the artist(s) and works shown in the film "Exit Through the Gift Shop"‚ street art is a life-style. It helps the artist convey thoughts and opinions‚ while abusing the right of staying anonymous. Exit Through the Gift Shop removes that anonymity for every artist‚ aside from one‚ Banksy‚ the filmmaker. Banksy is a notorious street artist that prefers to push the limits of reality and
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Reaction Paper The film Exit through the Gift Shop was attention-grabbing because it showcases the birth of street art. It speaks about street artists and their lives on the street. I have seen street art and graffiti since I can remember‚ but never really understood why it was done or even considered an art after viewing this film. I have a new perspective for street artists and a better appreciation for their work. Bansky is depicted in the film as a proud artist who does not show his face
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needed in his film was Banksy’s presence. Banky is working and Terry videos. Banksy seggested Terry to make a documentry with these videos. After 6 months Terry come back with a film but Banksy did not like the film that Terry was made. "Exit through the gift shop" is a sotry of a character that Banksy made it. The interplay of the devices used to record and that which is being recorded include: · Form Use of natural properties of the medium · Cinematography In this documentry film Terry’s Camera
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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
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often looked at with disdain due to people believing they are simple and lack rigor compared to other fields such as the medical field. One form of art that experiences this severely is street art which is the focus of Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. Banksy has two main points in the film‚ which is to give the audience a brief history of street art along with displaying the growth of an artist‚ that being Mr. Brainwash or Thierry Guetta‚ a main protagonist in the film.
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Street Art Anthropology In the film “Exit Through the Gift Shop‚” Theirry Guetta aka Mr. BrainWash‚ focuses on the exploration of underground street art‚ where he accidentally encounters his new focus and passion. So where does anthropology tie into street art? Throughout this documentary there are many anthropological terms that can be discussed. From the cultural relativism of street art societies‚ to the ideology behind street art culture itself‚ there are many different beliefs and opinions
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The film Exit Through the Gift Shop by Banksy is about an amateur filmmaker turned street artist named Thierry Guetta. Guetta has always been found with a camera in his hands. He filmed anyone and everything he saw. He was first introduced to street art by his cousin The Space Invader‚ whose signature style is to put up pixelated space invader tiles around different cities. Guetta followed and filmed his cousin preforming his street art on numerous occasions. He first started filming street art because
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Street Art is widely defined as art developed in public spaces such as stencil‚ sticker‚ poster‚ graffiti‚ and various other forms. In “Exit through the Gift Shop” directed by an unknown street artist who goes under the alias "Banksy‚" tells a story of Thierry Guetta and his obsession with filmography…more specifically filming fascinating street art being created. Guetta films a series of several street artists making art‚ more importantly Banksy. Whose true identity is unknown to the public and
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The documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop certainly shows a perspective of street art. The documentary tells the story of a French native filmmaker Thierry Guetta. Guetta developed interest in filming specifically street artist. Throughout the documentary‚ it showed how street art is not just a form of vandalism or jargon. However‚ it showed the passion of the street artists behind their work. Furthermore‚ I believe the theme of the movie is that nowadays‚ street artists have disregarded the significance
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