Up to Philadelphia last night to catch the Banksy movie, focusing on the commercialization of guerilla street art, with cousin Lilly before it exited theaters. Fascinating documentary, ripe with life and farce. A little too much farce, in fact, to take it all at face value. I'm certain there is a large element of hoax imbedded in this film, even if I'm not certain to what extent, exactly.
One interviewee, a purported member of Banksy's inner circle, said it best:
"The joke's on.....
I'm not sure who the joke's on. I'm not sure there is a joke."
I had somehow gone the past 10 or 20 or however long Banksy has been around without hearing of him, until seeing this onion article about him:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theonion.com/articles/area-grandmother-comes-forward-as-banksy,17604/
I've read up on him since. His message sometimes seems to have a middle-school-angst naivete to it, but it's still fascinating and impressive.