Banksy, a world renowned street artist, born in 1974, is one creator that people associate with the entry point they needed in not only seeing art in a new way, but in accepting art as a part of their daily lives. Remaining unidentified to the public, he continues to inspire the world with his artistic protests and messages to the masses. Planting his work strategically, they stay in historical sites, unwashed, to exude the passion of mystery. The artist in him, as well as the person, desires reclusive portrayal so others see through his eyes, and not the media’s judgemental ignorance.
To give a more insightful elaboration on who Banksy, first, his real identity is a mystery to all, ‘Banksy’ simple being a pseudonym of “guerilla” street artist …show more content…
“I used to want to save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.” Banksy stated when asked what drew him to the work that he does today. Banksy continues to make stunning work, due to him wanting to show the ignorant that people in this world, powerful people, only make it to the top because “they” allow it. As well as the depictions, Banksy has stated “Graffiti is low-level dissent,” as if to say that it doesn’t affect people as much as he hopes in his personal murals,” but stencils have an extra history.” This quote gives a reason as to why he uses stencils mainly to project his thoughts, and to expand on why he creates political sentiments specifically with stencils, he once told a friend of his, “ (Stencils)They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.” - This being capable of transcending over to how others view him and his art to be revolutionizing, and how his followers, as well as himself, practically start battles and an ongoing war with the governments around the world, with how what they are doing isn’t fair and needs to be justified, along with publicized(Lizzie Crocker; The Daily Beast). To expand my point, his work Son of a Syrian Immigrant depicts Steve Jobs, a Macintosh in one hand, while he has a trash bag in the other, referring to his father who immigrated from Syria to America. “We’re often led to believe migration is a drain on the country’s resources, but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant,” this is a quote from Banksy, as he is about to explain why he specifically chose this very successful man to illustrate in such a controversial matter. He did so because he believes it isn’t fair for “them” to justify who gets a chance to stay and be successful and who doesn’t. Not knowing who “they” or “them” are, it is continuously pondered on, since the background of
To give a more insightful elaboration on who Banksy, first, his real identity is a mystery to all, ‘Banksy’ simple being a pseudonym of “guerilla” street artist …show more content…
“I used to want to save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.” Banksy stated when asked what drew him to the work that he does today. Banksy continues to make stunning work, due to him wanting to show the ignorant that people in this world, powerful people, only make it to the top because “they” allow it. As well as the depictions, Banksy has stated “Graffiti is low-level dissent,” as if to say that it doesn’t affect people as much as he hopes in his personal murals,” but stencils have an extra history.” This quote gives a reason as to why he uses stencils mainly to project his thoughts, and to expand on why he creates political sentiments specifically with stencils, he once told a friend of his, “ (Stencils)They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.” - This being capable of transcending over to how others view him and his art to be revolutionizing, and how his followers, as well as himself, practically start battles and an ongoing war with the governments around the world, with how what they are doing isn’t fair and needs to be justified, along with publicized(Lizzie Crocker; The Daily Beast). To expand my point, his work Son of a Syrian Immigrant depicts Steve Jobs, a Macintosh in one hand, while he has a trash bag in the other, referring to his father who immigrated from Syria to America. “We’re often led to believe migration is a drain on the country’s resources, but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant,” this is a quote from Banksy, as he is about to explain why he specifically chose this very successful man to illustrate in such a controversial matter. He did so because he believes it isn’t fair for “them” to justify who gets a chance to stay and be successful and who doesn’t. Not knowing who “they” or “them” are, it is continuously pondered on, since the background of