Creative Cauldron - Banksy

Monday, March 08, 2010

Artist inspiration and artist influences. No biographies, dates or scholarly research here - this is a personal response to the work of street artist Banksy by Australian artist Fiona Morgan.


Banksy. If you haven't yet come across the work of this artist then you have been seriously missing out. Thank goodness not everyone takes themselves seriously and not everyone believes that art should be highbrow, or cutesy, or perfectly executed, or exploring esoteric themes, or trying to shock. Somebody remembered that art can be fun. It can make people think and have a laugh.



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I admire the sense of humour, the irreverence, the practical joker who has something to say. And I admire the gutsiness that it takes to get some of his pieces out there. And the fact that he can paint well.

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More Banksy links

The artist's website:http://www.banksy.co.uk/index.html

http://www.boredpanda.com/80-beautiful-street-crimes-done-by-banksy/

Banksy says what he thinks of Paris Hilton. Pretty similar to the rest of us really:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm

Museum pranks
http://laughingsquid.com/banksy-museum-hack/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4563751.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/apr/08/arts.education

 

About the Creative Cauldron series of posts

Creative Cauldron - artistic influences & inspiration for Australian artist Fiona MorganThe Creative Cauldron series of posts explores and showcases the visual styles, techniques, attitudes, ideas, artists and paintings that have had the most impact on me. 

The rest of the series is accessible via the Creative Cauldron page. Have a meander if you please, and remember to check out my artworks on Flickr, and have an insider peek at life as an artist on Facebook.

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