Art Obsession Of The Moment: Banksy

Street Art/Graffiti is the shit. Banksy is the fucking king of street art. He's anonymous and does all these social statement pieces. To get more of the story watch "Exit Through the Gift Shop" a documentary directed by Banksy. I've recently started delving into the world of stencil art so it was really inspiring to see all of Banksy's pieces and other artists such as Shepard Fairey well known for his image of Barack Obama on the change posters and the Obey black and white piece.

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey

The infuriating part of "Exit.." is the success of Thierry Guetta, the French film maker, in his own pop art which he didn't even make, he just hired a huge staff. Sure they were his ideas, but how original were they anyway? Not really.

Anyway if you love street art, which you should, then check it out. Really I don't see the problem with graffiti, I hate tagging, but if someone has a message I think it's a great way for the message to get out, a beautiful way to get across a social statement.

Here are pictures of Banksy's art on the west bank in Israel:

Photo credit: guardian.co.uk

While searching through images of Banksy's work I came across a really cool website, http://thebinarybox.co.uk/collections-wall-stickers/banksy-wall-stickers.html. There you can buy wall stickers of Banksy's most famous pieces to place on your own wall. How awesome, yeah? 

With the overwhelming political climate right now the world needs an outlet such as street art. Banksy is a genius, check him out.