Doing artwork is the concept of expressing yourself without having to do so vocally. Banksy is a person who has a strong opinion on what the government is doing to the citizens of his country. Banksy has such a way with his art, which allows viewers to be so inclined on the topic that he brought to their presence they have no choice but to pay attention to what is being presented to them. His art exposes how the government and society have wrongly done the people in that area. Then on the other hand there are artists like Swoon who bring beauty to the community in the area of her artwork. She brings out a certain sense of brightness and love in her pieces. She seems to focus on the positive outlooks as well as beauties …show more content…
Based on the information provided by Widewalls art website, Street art started from murals, graffiti, prints, and stencils. This is quite astonishing to me because the majority of the of the artists look at graffiti as vandalism instead of artwork. During the late 20st century there was a rise in the popularity of street art such as works by Banksy in 1991 and by Swoon in 1999. The question that the majority of people want to know the answer to is “what is the difference between graffiti and street art?” The difference between street art and graffiti is that street art is more like using the streets as a platform to paint pictures that create a statement, whereas graffiti is the art of tagging a section of the streets. Street art has a way of reaching out and grabbing the viewers’ attention, it has a way of taking the mind on a journey and making people …show more content…
Though Banksy’s art pieces are excellent pieces of art, his art only attracts viewers because of the statements that they make not because of his artistic abilities. An article written by Erin Wooters Yip stated that residents actually requested for him to do paintings. This points out that they are only interested in the statement that he is expressing. Swoon’s art has a calming consistency, her artwork takes form, lines, shapes, space texture, value, and color to a different level. She makes her artwork appear as a