Documentary Analysis: Exit Through The Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop gives a background on street art and what it started as. As the film progresses it gets into how an artist by the name of Mr. Brainwash changed that. Street art started with artists expressing themselves through their designs and images posted in public, but turned to a moneymaking operation for “Mr. Brainwash”. At the beginning of the film there was a lot of talk about getting people in society to notice the little things through these street artists work, which relates a lot to what we talked about in class. The documentary shows how people can take something meant to be used solely for expression and to send a message as a moneymaking opportunity. Towards the
The documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop gives a background on street art and what it started as. As the film progresses it gets into how an artist by the name of Mr. Brainwash changed that. Street art started with artists expressing themselves through their designs and images posted in public, but turned to a moneymaking operation for “Mr. Brainwash”. At the beginning of the film there was a lot of talk about getting people in society to notice the little things through these street artists work, which relates a lot to what we talked about in class. The documentary shows how people can take something meant to be used solely for expression and to send a message as a moneymaking opportunity. Towards the