“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages” - Banksy.
This, is the epitome of Banksy.
For someone that the general public knows so little about - it’s undeniable that his work speaks for himself. Now this doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s good or bad.
There’s plenty of debate about that - some argue overrated others argue genius.
But what you can’t argue against, is that all of his work generates plenty of debate and that’s exactly what we need art to be doing. It’s no surprise that Banksy’s work has strong relations to political fuck ups and consumer habits because at this day and age it seems we take everything as dished out to us all too much - from every form of way we can absorb.
How many artists can you honestly describe as ‘thought provoking’ in a way that summons us to question our day to day life happenings and occurances not just on a personal level but on a behavioural level as well?
Simple ideas are usually the most effective - it’s no different from the above works. Ofcourse everyone is entitled to ideas - but you can’t turn around and say that an artist who time and time again causes debate doesn’t provoke thoughts of our current way of lives when we read:
“Sorry the lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock”
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I’m having a really crappy morning and staring at this for 3 minutes straight at a time when I want to throw my purse through a window has helped me.
SERENITY NOW.
So…
on so many occasions in the past few months, in the last year, I’ve found myself having momentary emotional breakdowns. The moments when I’m aching for a punching bag or reaching for the nearest pillow or a roll of tissue are the same moments when the need to vent to is most urgent, because…
