Go see this film this week. (I mean it!)
So, the other thing we did on Sunday afternoon was to get down to the Loop to see this movie at the Gene Siskel film center, which was incredibly interesting and unexpectedly really funny.
Banksy is such a fascinating character in the art world right now; personally I really like his work, barely legal as it may be. This documentary proved to be an interesting look at the night-life of street artists, the kind of people they are, how they do what they do, and how the work that they’ve pioneered is steadily evolving. Not least among these characters right now is “Mr. Brainwash,” or Thierry Guetta who, driven by obsession, captured much of the footage for this film.
At the end of the day, all I have to say is this: either Guetta is absolutely brilliant or ABSOLULTELY DELUSIONAL, but either way it was supremely entertaining and it’ll be interesting to see where he goes from here.
Exit Through The Gift Shop is playing in Chicago this Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and then it looks like it’s gone after that. Before the week is up, I really recommend you check it out!
1 year ago • 21 notesThe first film by the legendary Banksy is as witty and irreverent as the incognito artist’s guerrilla graffiti pieces. When L.A. videographer Guetta’s extensive footage of Banksy and other street artists fails to produce a coherent film, Banksy turns the tables and makes a film about Guetta, who, in a further switcheroo, decides to become a street artist himself! Stunning footage of stealth artists in action (including Shepard Fairey and Neckface, as well as Banksy’s notorious Disneyland tag) is ingeniously folded into a slippery satire of the unholy relationship between art and celebrity.
