Dialectics: Modern Art and Post Modern Art

I learned more about art after watching the film Exit Through the Gift Shop. I came to realize that there is a lot more to street art then people think. Some is graffiti but most of it is art. The artists choose to do street art to both make a point and to put their name out there. Banksy became famous because his street art was unique and unlike any of the other artists' work. Bansky's street art was very post modern.


In the film there was both modern and post modern art. Banksy's work was post modern because his art represented the individual and his interpretations of things in real life. His art was unique because he wanted his own style and in order to do that he had to see things in a different way than others. And through his art he was able to do that.

Theirry on the other hand, his art was very modern. His art consisted of fragmentation and was presented in ways that it wouldn't usually be seen in. He tried to choose art for his show that made a statement. He chose over 200 pieces of art and most had similar styles. The style of Andy Warhol's painting of Marilyn Monroe was used in several of his pieces but each had different faces. These pieces are modern because they are abstract and don't reflect the individual. Theirry's art doesn't reflect who he is as an artist, he chooses art that he believes makes a statement.

By having both modern and post modern in the film, it illustrated the fact that there is more to street art then just spraying paint at a wall. Each artist has their own style and as a result there is a lot of diversification for the public to see on the streets.