Street Art Analysis

Street art is something that some people might consider vandalism and not art, but there is one street artist who has shattered these rules and that is Banksy. Banksy has become one of the most iconic street artist in the world. Banksy uses the world has his canvas, and he is willing to do whatever it takes to create his works. Going as far as putting works up in Disneyland, he even went as far as creating a series of works on the barrier that splits Israel from Palestine. He has done all this and no one really knows who he is under the many masks he is known for wearing most popular being that of a monkey mask, and from the looks of it he does not have any interest in ever telling people. In a rare interview he was asked if he would ever …show more content…
One of his common themes is that of attacking law enforcement. This work clearly shows a group of fully armored police men in riot gear advancing on a teddy bear with a Molotov cocktail. I think this work says a lot about street art as a whole. This idea of rebelling against the rules society has created in a way that makes it seem like the artist work is more publicly accepted than that of the law enforcement that seems to be way more aggressive on these type of acts then some think they should. Honestly I really like the work for being one of his first notable works it’s really nice. In 2005 Banksy created a series of works on the Israeli and Palestine border as a form of protest. This is one of the nine works Banksy created on the wall. This is another work I really like. The work just has this emotional weight to it. I have been out to play outside like the child depicted in the image, but knowing where the work was put up makes you think about how we have way more luxury than the countries the barrier divides, and some children there really do not have a chance to just be kids. This work also gave Banksy a lot of international …show more content…
While some have gone more aggressive saying that….”his work looks dazzlingly clever to idiots.” To me both of these arguments could be further from the truth. First off to me Banksy works go past that of vandalism he turns blank walls into art and society largely seems to agree as well with the aforementioned 97% that wanted to keep his work around in Bristol, and the other complaint that his works are not very deep, I don’t honestly feel like he is trying to convey his works as anything more then they appear and that to me is just fine his works lose a lot of that pretention that is common in the art world, and just kind of exist in the world. Banksy to me is what a true artist is. He has amazing skill and has strong messages with his works. He has changed the landscape on how we view street at as a whole and that is something that is totally