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Message:: [QUOTE="mirana, post: 9547044, member: 79705"]As they should! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Banksy is a political public artist. "His" works are to meant to make statements and to be enjoyed by all in a populist way. His adherence to not commercializing his work, or doing things like shredding auction pieces, makes his message even stronger. For his art it's not the technical skill, but the concept. Though of course you can enjoy the pieces aesthetically. For Warhol, it was to be rich. So like Kincade, I don't care for his art, but I appreciate any artist who can work the system to see fame and fortune in their actual lifetime, unlike having their bones picked when they're gone. Any businessman gets lauded for being rich, but in art you have to "starve" or you're terrible. If you "get" Banksy then you probably would get Keith Haring too. He also did <a href="https://foundationblog.haring.com/topics/death#:~:text=The%20Life%20of%20Christ%20(1990,complications%20on%20February%2016th%2C%201990." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://foundationblog.haring.com/topics/death#:~:text=The%20Life%20of%20Christ%20(1990,complications%20on%20February%2016th%2C%201990." rel="nofollow">political social justice work</a> and populist work. I think it's important to remember he died extremely young from AIDS so wasn't given the time to keep developing his work. This is "Unfinished Painting" which he did as he was dying of AIDS. I think it's incredibly powerful. [ATTACH=full]454780[/ATTACH] So maybe the aesthetic doesn't appeal, but the message can.[/QUOTE]

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