Exit Through The Gift Shop Documentary
Street Art Director: Banksy
Who, what, where, when, why is "Art"? The journalistic formula of "5W" ontological research applied to the concept of art can only lead to a tautology: art is art. "Perhaps the art is not a serious thing" - says Banksy, the "penultimate" of post-modern. It is why, despite the rumors, Exit Through The Gift Shop (recent Oscar nominee), it is a documentary celebrating the English street artist, nor his pseudo-development director Pasolini film. Banksy, criticized for having "sold" the art of the road, passing the baton to Mr. Brainwash aka Thierry Guetta. How to become artists in the 2000s? Thierry such as: an amateur video that seems straight from a novel by Chuck Pahalaniuk resumed for a few years of street artists and suddenly he becomes a millionaire streetartist. First with his cousin, Space Invaders ( read my post here, mostly), then with Banksy and Obey (the epic story of the raid at Disney Land), we'll see dozens of recording tape on the most influential street artists. of the decade. Then something changes. The objective of observed reality sinks in and gets sucked. Thierry becomes the object and the subject of his shots. Et voila: a born artist.
Where is the mess? Where is the poetry? Where is Art? Banksy is not stupid (nor rod) to think in these terms. And 'puzzled, but he goes ahead with the images. For Shepard Fairey aka Obey, the escalation of Mr.Brainwash is a "socially and anthropologically fascinating phenomenon to be analyzed and perhaps we can learn something." Or not. Or - this is fascinating - to receive the award for Best Independent Spirt Award documenario to Brainwash is the same, making melody to the cultural value of a movie that reveals its complete incompetence and ignorance of art. ( the video here)
How have we come to this? The answer is: we had always been from the beginning. Yet surprise of the director (and us viewers), even when the trick is revealed (and that is that we are dealing with a system-art devoid of content, originality, poetry, and that what matters is the sales, the fortune, the shape of) the Arts continues to exist. As is the worst nightmare Marxists, capitalism continues to regenerate using art in their favor the elements of its contradiction (ahem, politically speaking, I remember someone?). Black Cap invaded tag on a wall, Banksy entrust their trial last shot of the film - which one? - Well you just have to see it.
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