At the last week my tutor showed us a picture about the activism. That picture left a deep impression on me. I like this style about this picture. Fortunately, I was assigned to this artist who draw this graffiti when the tutor asked us to do the research about the activism artist.
Banksy is a street artist, political activist and film director. He also used different art forms to exposed his idea such as films and graffiti. But his graffiti was very famous. In my opinion, the reason of his success is because he has a distinct personal style and his graffiti is easy to understand. He always use the dark humor with graffiti and use that method to come up his mind about anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. whenever you see his work, you will feel strongly that the image in the painting which want to live in the freedom and peaceful world. Banksy’s works are mainly composed of black and white. But what stuff can express the love or peace it will be colorful. For example, a heart-shaped balloon in the hand of a little girl and a bouquet in the man’s hand are both colored.
As for me, expressing in this way can highlight those things that symbolize warmth and love. And I discovered that it’s more impressive with this black and white and color contrast. I think I can use this method in my project or use clip art to present this work. Maybe that way can make our topic more obvious.
Hazel 