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Starter: Name the artist!Roy Lichtenstein

Do you know who made

these famous works of

art? Click for clues!

Van Gogh

David Hockney

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Claude Monet

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Clue: Last name sounds

like “cough”. Clue: First name rhymes

with “toy”.

Clue: Surname

sounds like

“money”.

Clue: Surname sounds like the

game you play

with this stick.

Click for

answers!


Do you think Banksy’s recent

stunt is art?

Question (1 min)Do you know

anything about this

picture? Don’t tell

anyone if you do!


Who is Banksy?

Let’s talk about the British artist Banksy. All the art you saw on the last slide

was created in the 20th Century. Banksy is a modern artist, working now.

Pseudonym:A ‘fake’ or fictional

name, usually used by an artist or author.

Banksy is a a

pseudonym. Nobody really knows his real

name, or what he

looks like! Here are some of his works of

art. Can you guess which

medium Banksy uses in his artworks? What does he create

them on?


Who is Banksy?

Banksy doesn’t just use spray paint to

create his art. He is also known for art

installations and for art stunts which make people think, (you’ll find out more about

these later!)

Art installations:Art that is 3D and

takes place in a certain area.

He once created a

fake theme park, with

lots of deliberately

horrible attractions!

The park was called “Dismaland”!

Would you want

to visit here?


Why are we talking about this?

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0:54

Unexpected:Something

which causes surprise.

Click to watch a video.

What do you think is

happening in this video?

Was anything

unexpected?

https://safeshare.tv/x/z4ZudVf2PNc

A couple of weeks ago, Banksy

made the news because of a stunthe did that caused a lot of shock!

Stunt:Something done

deliberately to get attention.





Auction:A type of selling where

things are sold to the

person who offers the

most money (the

highest bidder).

The artwork you saw

being shredded was

called ‘Balloon Girl’. It was a very famous

painting up for sale in

an auction.

People think the painting will be worth even more

money now that it is shredded. Many people called what Banksy did a ‘stunt’; something he did

deliberately to attract attention.

Banksy secretly installed a shredding

machine into the picture frame years ago. As soon as the lady bought the

painting, it was destroyed!



How much do you think

the lady paid for the

painting ‘Balloon Girl’

at auction?

B. £1,042 The answer is A –

just over one

million pounds!

A. £1,042,000

C. £10,420

Click to hear more about

Banksy. Why do you think he

shredded the painting?

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2:01

https://safeshare.tv/x/4IcIzeArIkU

A. £1,042,000

Fans of Banksy’s work weren’t too

surprised by his stunt. Many people think he did it to make a point about art being

too expensive.




What is art?David Batchelor’s

‘Skip’, 2012

Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’, 1503

Rothko’s ‘Orange, Red, Yellow,’ 1961

Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’,1917

Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Bin’, 2018

People disagree a lot over what art

is. Look at these very famous art

works.

Do you consider them to be art?

Banksy’s ‘Nobody likes me’, 2014


Banksy

renamed his shredded painting!


What is art?

You may have noticed that a

lot of Banksy’s work is painted

on public walls. This is known

as graffiti. Have you seen

graffiti before?

Even though some graffiti

may look nice, it’s

painted on walls that

usually don’t belong to

the artist, and costs a lot of money to rub off. 0:00-

2:11

Before you watch the video,

vote on whether you think

graffiti counts as art. Then,

click the image to hear these

people discuss it.

Have you changed your

mind?

For this reason some people say that

Banksy’s work isn’t art because it’s graffiti.

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5bc7258b015c0



Despite this, most people say that art is a form of expression

that causes an emotional reaction. It doesn’t matter how

it’s made or drawn, it’s the meaning. Do you agree?


What is art?

Click to watch a

video. What is the

meaning of his art?

Do you count it as

art?

Many adults disagree with what makes a

particular painting ‘art’. For example, 97%

of adults think the Mona Lisa is art, but just 30% think that Mark Rothko’s work is.

Expression:When you show

your thoughts or

feelings.

30%97%0:00-

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/45368676




Why is some art more expensive than others?

The huge price paid for Banksy’s ’Balloon Girl’ has

made people think about how expensive art is,

especially as it may be worth more now that it has

been shredded!

Which one of these

three art works

would you pay the

most for? Why?

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Fun fact! The most expensive

painting ever sold

was ‘Salvator Mundi’

by Leonardo da

Vinci. It sold for just

over £300 million!



You may have

chosen the one that

looked the most

beautiful to you…

or the one that

reminded you most of something in your

life…

or the one you

thought showed

the most artistic

talent….

Or the one you

thought would look

the best on your

wall!

It’s hard to agree on one thing

that makes art worth buying.

It’s usually up to the person

buying. We call this

subjectivity.



Let’s go back to Banksy’s

shredded painting. It is now expected to be worth even

more than the £1 million it

was before!

Perhaps the shredded

painting has a special

meaning and this is why people are willing to pay

more for it…

Explore the ideas in bubbles behind why

Banksy shredded his art.

Why do you think he did

it?He just

wanted

attention

He knew it

would make

him more

money

He

wanted to

destroy it

He wanted to

make a point that

rich people spend

their money on the

wrong things

He wanted to

show that art

shouldn't be

about money

• Banksy was trying to make even more

money for this stunt at the auction. He

wanted to become even more

famous, and art shouldn’t be about

just making money.

• You can’t just destroy or ruin

something and call it ‘art’. Isn’t art

about making things, not ruining

them!

• Now that the original artwork is ruined,

it no longer counts as a work of art.

• It doesn’t take much skill to destroy

something, so surely it can’t be art.

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Do you think Banksy’s recent stunt is art?No


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Do you think Banksy’s recent stunt is art?Yes

Yes


• Banksy is making a point about how

much we value art, and how much

we pay too much for an artist that is

popular.

• Banksy wanted to destroy his art

work to show how silly it is for it to be

worth more. And sending that

message is art in itself.

• Just because the work is half-

destroyed, doesn’t make it less of a

work of art. It just means it’s a new

work of art!

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