Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop

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Graffiti is defined as writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Since around 1980 graffiti and street art has been becoming more popular and common. Banksy, one of the more famous street artists in history, started to become famous around 1990 after a lot of his controversial work started showing up all around London. Banksy’s claim in the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop is, the purpose of street art is to make a statement on society, and that making art for money and fame causes corruption of one's character and self. To show society the true meaning of street art and to strengthen his argument, Banksy uses epithet to emphasize that street art is not about fame it is about leaving a footprint in society, ambiguity, to show that every piece of art is interpreted differently and each piece of work should illustrate a meaning deeper than just the price tag, and allegory; to …show more content…

There are many famous street artists around the world and they all have different styles of art, they all leave different footprints in society. The characters and concepts in the art that is made represent different abstract ideas about life. These artists use Allegory in their art to show that the art has a deeper meaning and that the meaning of each work, no matter how similar the art is, is different. In the documentary film an example of Allegory is that the concept of street art means more to them than just money and fame. To the artists in the film street art is there entire lives it means more than just a face on a wall, more than just a couple words sprayed on the side of a building. It has a deeper more important meaning to them, that is why they risk getting caught by the police and other threats. They feel that what they are doing is important that the message they are writing or drawing has to be shared, no matter

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