Opposing Views On Banksy's Graffiti Art

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Street artists are known to be vandalizers and are considered to have no respect for the outside world. However, there are creative and well thought out artists that put their feelings into their graffiti art. One of them is known as Banksy. Banksy is an unknown artist that roams and does graffiti art around the United Kingdom and also has a few in San Francisco. He became such a sensation around the world because of his unknown identity and as well as his symbolism behind all of his arts. People do not think of his art as stains on a wall, but as a hidden message. There are people that travel around the world just to look at Banksy’s arts to take in the message right in front of them. There is one art in particular that has caught my eye and that is the art that seems to have a boy with a gas mask and …show more content…

He wanted there to be controversy and discussions about the topic. He wanted there to be an impact on the United States and to see how far his artwork can go in terms of people debating. I feel like some people do agree with his statement and that is okay. Not everybody has the same opinion about the way that the United States is currently in. I bet there are people walking down the street that look up to see the art and have an instant discussion on whether or not Banksy is correct and I believe that is powerful. I can see people having these types of discussions for however long that artwork is up.

In conclusion, I do not believe in Banksy’s quote, but I do like how it created a way to discuss and have a little bit of a controversy. All of his arts do have meanings and symbolism and that is what makes him unique from most other graffiti artists. I still can’t believe that his identity is still unknown to the world for this long. I especially wonder how he wasn’t discovered by cameras yet. All in all, his unknown identity and his symbolism in his art is wonderful, but it can create a lot of

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