Banksy

The artist known as Banksy was born in 1974 and his real name is to be rumored as Robert or Robin Banks. Banksy, himself, on his website he says, "I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like me."
He started as a tagger (1992–1994) as one of Bristol's DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ). He was inspired by local artists and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene. By 2000 he had moved toward stenciling after realising how much less time it took to complete a piece. Banksy was said to be hiding from the police under a train carriage when he noticed the stenciling serial number and by employing this technique, Bristol and London soon noticed him for his art around the place. A quote from Banksy about his stenciling quotes, "I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl's face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key."

I believe Banksys work is graffiti because it is done illigaly in the streets, which is the definition of graffiti. Another reason i believe this is because graffiti has a purpose or a message to get across to people, which is exactly what banksy achieves. His works consist of mainly stencil work which another reason in why i believe his art is classified as graffiti. A mural is conformist and typical/expected due to the fact you get told what to paint, when to paint, how to paint it and also given permiss to paint that surface, But banksy breaks out of the norm and does what he wants to do and paints the messages he wants to get across to people all whilst being illegal and unkown.

His work is very controversial and political and everybody has a different opinion about, personally i cant get enough of it but others may see it as mindless vandalism. His work can not exactly be sold because it is sprayed onto property in which he doesn't own. Although some of his work that isnt his usual illegal wall sprayed is used for things such as album covers for bands like blur.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

week 7

The industrial revolution was the time period in which the factory system production emerged, meaning the boom/beginning in the use of machinery to manufacture textiles etc.The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world. The onset of the Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was eventually influenced in some way

The work above titles 'Impressionist Sunrise' by Claude Monet relates to the industrial revolution because it was painted shortly after the boom of factories and on the waters edge there is nothing but smoke and large factory chimneys. The loose brush strokes show the intentional inaccuracy of the painting, meaning it doesn't have to be entirely correct to understand the over inflation of the factories on the background

Olafur Eliasson's 'Weather Project' (2006) relates to Claude Monets impressionist sunrise in a number

of ways, such as the way he has tried to keep colour down to a minimum to represent the dullness

of the industrial revolution, i.e big boring factories etc. He has also made the sun the main focus of

his work like monet did in his painting, this shows that the sun is still/and will always be the main

provider of energy.

http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/monet.html