Exit Through the Gift Shop

I enjoyed watching “Exit Through the Gift Shop.”  Before watching the movie, I knew nothing about street art and actually often wondered how street artists do it.  I found it very interesting to see how they make their art and actually go about putting it out there.  I liked all of Banky’s art shown; I found it very cool to look at and interesting.  All of his art is very different and if I was walking down the street and saw it, I would definitely stop and take a closer look.

            In my opinion, Thierry Guetta is someone who pretty much got famous by luck.  He is not an artist.  All the other artists shown in the film are actually able to draw and create their own ideas and images.  Thierry had to enlist the help of real life sculptors, painters, and artists.  Thierry just had a vision in his head for a split second and told someone else to execute his idea.  I do believe Thierry is very smart though.  He knows how to make money by ripping people off and has made his entire living off doing this.  I do not know if the whole documentary was made as a joke to just make fun of Thierry.  I think Banksy created it partially to make fun of Guetta, because his art is pretty much a joke and a lot of people wasted money on what they thought was amazing art. But to also show people about street art and how it is done which is what the first half of the film was about.