Banksy is Boring as Hell

Personally, I do not like Banksy, nor do I like the majority of graffiti. It's crude and dull. Banksy has made a name for himself by putting his ideas into graffiti form, but the themes to his paintings are hackneyed and boring. We've seen these themes too often, and combined with the fact that it is graffiti, makes it trite, irritating, and extremely juvenile. In the majority of his work, he trying to display instances of hypocrisy and contradictions (such as the dove with the target on its chest).



It's overdone. He is trying to shock the world with something old. In each painting, he is trying to say something different, but his paintings are all very controversial and political, so it differs to whether I agree on it with each work.

Graffiti is art, in most people's opinions, including mine. I do not like it, but then, I also don't like minimalism or formalism. Tagging a building, I guess could be considered art, but it's more like say "I was Here". I think artists and authors use pen names to gather true criticism. People tend to be more truthful if the author is someone they do not know. The author is also able to take part in conversations about it, being able to hear criticism truly.

I think putting work out in public is different for everyone. Some people love criticism, love praise, but others need to keep it to themselves.