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Graffiti- Exit Through the Gift Shop

Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop is about Graffiti and Graffiti Artists. Below are a series of questions to answer while watching the movie. These questions will guide you through the film.

 This movie is being viewed because it raises really important questions about the contemporary art world as well as exposes viewers to street art and pop art cultures and icons. Some questions it raises are: 
Can anyone be an artist? 
What can be considered art? 
Should street art be legal? 
What makes art good? 

 The featured artists are:
Space Invader
Shepard Fairey
Swoon
Bansky
Mr. Brainwash (Thierry Guetta)

View the entire video Exit Through the Gift Shop and fill out the handout linked below.




The handout for the movie can be downloaded HERE.



Images of Swoon's work installed at the DIA. The exhibit ran from Saturday, Sept. 24 through March 19, 2017. There are clippings of her talk as well. Powerful stuff.














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