Sunday, 3 November 2013

The best winner of winners. - Exit through the gift shop.


This is film is the most interesting video I have ever watched. I have watched this movie 4 times including few mins ago. Every time I have watched this film with my new questions, and this film show me different hint for my new questions. Street art, advertisement and art were the most interesting source of my questions in this research. And I think that I'm just curious about relation between money and art. I think that art can't avoid from commercial world. Art is already part of commerce, but I believe that artist can avoid from commercial even art works are on commercial world.


Director of this film is Banksy who is mysterious street artist. (One putative picture of unmasked banksy have been revealed few months ago.) Anyway, Banksy mentioned that Street are up for auctions is crazy, and he think that is not street artist want to do.


Funny french guy, Thierry Guetta is the main character of this film. He used to be shop owner of vintage clothes shop. He just bought huge box of vintage clothes and pick up some clothes to sell, and when some clothes have different line of sawing, he just called it designer clothes to sell more expensive way. Which is show that he is person who is good at business.


Anyway this film just talking about how vintage shop owner become an artist. He is addicted to film every moment of his life due to he lost her mum died when he was young. After his mum died when he was just in school and nobody tell him anything about it, he just start to flim everything. He flim almost all of his life, but he never watch video what he filmed again.


Street artist, Space invader who is relation of Thierry Guetta is a reason why Thierry Guetta start to film street artists. He just start filming after holiday in paris, He have filmed Shepard Fairy and lots of street artists, and just tell them he will make documentary when artists ask him 'why are you filming it?'. Banksy was one of that artist, and Banksy ask him to make a film to show what is street art to people. Thierry guetta made a film. Six months later Thierry Guetta went to banksy to show, bt it was just messy and totally crazy. So Banksy just tell him to leave types what he filmed, and tell him 'how about trying new things? like art?'


That one sentence was the start of everything. Thierry Guetta just start street art with nickname 'Brainwash.'. He just think all street is just show people again and again repeatedly. Which is just like a brainwash.
After that, It's just simple story with Thierry Guetta' nice business and gift for art. He just get lots of art employee to do his project and borrow huge space to have the first exhibition. And asking Banksy to give him some writing to publicize. Mass media was interested in his story including Banksy writing. He just successfully finished his first exhibition. And Banksy said he will not recommend other people to try art like that anymore in the film.


When I watched this film first time, I was just enjoyed street art and watching Banksy. And the second was just focus on Thierry Guetta is artist or not. And I was starting to focus on a relation between money and art from third time.
I'm bit sure about everyone can be artist when they just call them artist and the public accept that. I think public judgement is the most important thing to be artist. It might be only for me, cuz I wanna talk with people.
And the relation between money and art are the question what I could not really find any answer. However I found one hint of answer from this film again. Money and art, the hint was the title of this film. Something made by human could be all relate to commerce. Maybe the real winner is person who have gift shop near exit. And maybe common winners are just persons who are good at making something to make stocks for gift shop.


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