"Someone with mental problems who happened to have a camera."

This weekend I did a lot of things, most of which are not pertinent to this blog. But I saw a movie, so let's talk about that. It was called Exit Through the Gift Shop. It was pretty cool.

Basically it's about street art, which is mad cool. Since I'm supposed to be studying right now, I'll just let the pictures (by Banksy, Shepard Fairey (whose work you have definitely seen), and Thierry "Mister Brainwash" Guetta, the three "main characters") do the talking.

Banksy, Bethlehem

Banksy, Bristol

 Banksy, New Orleans

Yeah, more Banksy. London

(The coolest part about Banksy is that no one knows who he is. No one, aside from his posse, has seen him before. His parents don't even know that he's the Banksy. It's kind of a romantic notion. This unknown guy making all of this cool artwork, and all we know about him is his pseudonym.)

Shepard Fairey. See? That's him in the middle. Say hi! HI SHEPARD FAIREY

Shepard Fairey

Sheps F-ayer-ey, Boston

S. Fairey, Boston

(I felt really cool watching this movie because I knew who Shepard Fairey was. I mean, I didn't remember his name, but I had read the Wikipedia page for Andre the Giant Has a Posse before, and I remembered it. It was bomba. Do people actually say that?)

Mister Brainwash (MBW), LA

MBW, Paris

MBW, New York Ci-tay 

(Okay, a little more background. Mister Brainwash goes from being Thierry, our "hero" of sorts, our subject, to being the villain. Well, kind of. He starts out as the trusted confidante, lackey, and cameraman for the street art masters, like Sheps and Banksy. But eventually, when Banksy outs him as being a crap filmmaker and turns him loose into the world of street art, he becomes MBW and makes this really bland, borderline copycat artwork that he actually doesn't even make himself. The student becomes the master, and also the millionaire. Sheps and Banksy go from loving this simple-minded Frenchie to feeling disdain for him, resenting him so much that Banksy made this movie about him and made him look like the pompous fool. But whether he's talented or not probably doesn't matter much to him, because he's got the money now, and that's all he needs.) 

BOOOOOOONUS: 

Ozone's Angel, Banksy, London. 

Photo Creds: here,  here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and HERE