Street art.

Today we were looking at a documentary about street art and the artists who create it, called 'Exit Through the Gift-shop'. Some artists used techniques such as stencils, stickers, posters, paint and marker pen. Street art is not just restricted to mark making, sculpture and 3D also form a part of the artists' tool box. Some people say that art on buildings is vandalism, but these artists face risks such as arrest and personal injury, sometimes even death, ie, when scaling buildings or spraying moving trains.

Some of the artists in the film were shown to prepare their work well in advance, by sketches and stencils, and in  one case Banksy showed £1,000,000 worth of £10 notes he'd forged with Princess Diana's face on them instead of the queen. He didn't use the notes , mainly for the fact that he did such a good job that they looked so genuine people were spending them. Just before the anniversary of September the eleventh, Banksy and his friend 'Mr brainwash', also known as Thierry, set up an inflatable inmate of Guantanimo Bay  and placed it right behind where a ride took a bend and a sign recommending people took photos at Disney World. After a number of times of the ride going around the staff noticed and shut down several rides.

After this, Mr Brainwash decided to make his own art and set up a show. A lot of his work was similar to Andy Warhol, it was almost a parody of Andy Warhol's work. For example, he made images of celebrities based on the Marilyn Monroe screenprints and a giant spray can with 'tomato soup' written on it. His show went on longer than he expected, by two months. Most street artists were surprised that he'd used their styles and sold them as his own. This is why the film was called 'Exit Through the Giftshop'.