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DePaul SNL – Acting Up for Social Change Q4, 2011 (A3X) By Marianne, Instructor Tom Tresser

Banksy is the well-known street artist without a face who is sensitive to issues of social injustice

He has travelled the world to send his messages, but the work often does not remain for long before being removed

He works with stencils so that he can make a quick exit without being caught

Banksy’s work covers a

number of pressing

social issues…

Using Humor with Humanitarianism,

His work is His work is …..…..

Paradoxical

Ironic

Out of Place

With Images in locations where they don’t belong

Like an image of freedom on the

Palestine Wall

And having conflict within the drawing itself

““Sometimes I feel so Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of sick at the state of the world I can’t the world I can’t even finish my even finish my

second apple pie”second apple pie”

Banksy– Wall and PeiceBanksy– Wall and Peice

Like the ‘Burger King Kid’

…And ‘Napalm’

Some say Banksy’s work is nothing

more than vandalism

….And that he has been unfair to animals

But his work can cut to the core of the human experience

“… “… It was shortly It was shortly after the British after the British

Red Cross Red Cross arrived, though it arrived, though it

may have no may have no connection, that a connection, that a

very large very large quantity of quantity of

lipstick arrived…”lipstick arrived…”

“…“…At last At last someone had someone had

done done something to something to make them make them individuals individuals again, they again, they

were someone, were someone, no longer no longer merely the merely the

number number tattooed on the tattooed on the

arm. At last arm. At last they could take they could take an interest in an interest in

their their appearance. appearance. That lipstick That lipstick

started to give started to give them back them back

their their humanity.”humanity.”

Lt. Col. Mrevin Lt. Col. Mrevin Willett Gronin DSO Willett Gronin DSO qtd. by Banksy– Wall qtd. by Banksy– Wall and Piece; and Piece; Manifesto Manifesto

AND CAN INSPIRE AND CAN INSPIRE

OTHERS TO OTHERS TO IMPROVEIMPROVE

THE WORLD THE WORLD

Works Cited:Banksy. 2005. Wall and Piece. Random

House. 2005.

Brassett, James. "British Irony, Global Justice: A Pragmatic Reading Of Chris Brown, Banksy And Ricky Gervais." Review Of International Studies 35.1 (2009): p. 219-245.

Carson, Tanya. "Places of Participation". On

the W@terfront.No. 10, September 2007.(2007). p. 55-63.

Photographs (in order of appearance): Banksy portrait. www.banksyfilm.com.

www.banksyfilm.com/gallery.html?reload

“Palestine Wall Beach Boys” http://www.briansewell.com/artist/b-artist/banksy/banksy-

palestinian-tag.html

“Burger King Kid” www.feltimages.blogspot.com/2011/08/british-word-continued-banksy.html

“Napalm” www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/napalm.html

“The Elephant in the Room”

www.thedirtfloor.com/2009/12/23/bansky-elephant-in-the-room

“Manifesto” www.banksysforum.proboards.com/

index.cgi?board=allelse&action=display&thread=114

”Flowerchucker” www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/flowerchucker.html

http://www.briansewell.com/artist/b-artist/banksy/banksy-palestinian-tag.html

Banksy signature tag. www.banksy.co.uk

Banksy Website

Banksy Official Websites:

Other Websites and Video:

Banksy Documentary - YouTube

Exit Through The Gift Shop Website

Palestinian Wall