Thursday, January 20, 2011

This art is terrorizing me?

 Firstly, I want to say how much I enjoy looking through Banksy' gallery because hedoesn't just write out words in funky bubble letters. And from the looks of it, he adapts his own graffiti by using the work of another as a base. I found myself silently chuckling as I skimmed through his works and I've deducted that his graffiti not only takes a lot of time, but a witty mind. His images are undoubtedly art.





 That being said, I feel like he could take his time and amazing skills and make a career of it. This holds especially true for artists such as Adore, Ensoe, Mes3, Sen, and countless others. These artists merely write out words in a creative way, which again, obviously takes a lot of time and thought, but their work is not as thought provoking. For example, the only work Adore seems to do is write their pseudonym in several different ways. This, although some may argue that all art is useless, is a pointless mark on the side of a building. Artists such as Adore should attain a job as a graphic artist, mostly because right now what their doing has no point, and making a career out of your skills gets you money... Obviously...

Also, I found some news articles claiming Banksy is an art terrorist and when you google "art terrorist" his site appears as the first result... What the heck is that suppose to mean? Let's start off with a quick english lesson, shall we?

ter·ror·ism

[ter-uh-riz-uhm]

–noun
1.
the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.
the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.
a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government

..Hmm.. Nope, that's not at all what I'm getting from his images. I can't believe a term such as "art terrorism" even exists. People can be so dumb.

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