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Working by myself / with a partner : __Moriah Barker___

Artwork Analysis 1
Artwork #: 13 Title: Graffiti Removal
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Textual Element Observation Evidence (try to provide 2)

Form Juxtapose is used when having the Many people would consider
new technology of power washing parietal art extremely valuable,
with very valuable old parietal art so it is very unexpected to see
someone power washing it off
the wall. Also just the
positioning with new
technology next to old
technology isn’t very common
or expected.

Form There is contrast between the very The bright orange color stands
defined and bright colors of the out on the art piece the most. It
power washer man and the dull draws your eye to the man and
colors of the parietal art. what he is doing, which is
something Banksy probably
wanted for the art piece.

Form There is contrast between art styles The older parietal art is
of the power washing man and the obviously in the style that was
parietal art commonly used at the time,
and the power washer man is
in Banksy typical style. When
put together, there is a contrast
 that keeps the viewer
interested and properly
portrays the time difference
between the parietal art
impersonation and the Banksy
art.

Context The man is removing/destroying the This piece of art was painted in
cave art/historic art 2008 in a tunnel during a street
art event that Banksy hosted.
He was showing how he
believes that modern society is
washing away history and how
graffiti might be like historic art
in the future, but is always
being washed away too
quickly.

Audience The audience are people that This piece of art is at an event
remove street art and banksy/street he hosted, so many people
art fans that see it art people there to
participate in and like street
art. The message is also
aimed at people who support
the removal of street art, as the
message shows the damage
that comes with removing this
art.

Purpose To show how modern society doesn't He is showing how modern

appreciate and even destroys art, technology is destroying these
that contributes to history and historic art pieces. Most people
culture. wouldn’t agree with doing that,
so he is spreading the
message about how society is
erasing history not only in old
art, but in new art too.

Summary statement: Banksy is commenting about how modern society doesn’t value art and its
historic significance to the world. His usage of Juxtaposition and contrast help to further his
message about the importance of art. He wants art and history to be respected and left alone in
society today.

Artwork Analysis 2
Artwork #: 15 Title: No Trespassing
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Textual Element Observation Evidence (try to provide 2)

Form Juxtaposition is used with the Native It isn’t expected that a native
American using a “No Trespassing” american would be using a US
sign sign to spread a message.
This may represent how the
only way Natives can get the
message across is by using
English and appealing to the
government

Form The positioning of this art piece helps This Native American is right
to portray the message even more next to a window that is
obviously an American
development. This might have
been done to show how
ignored Native Americans are
as there are still developments
on their land.

Form There is a contrast between the The bright red color catches
bright red sign and the black and the viewer's attention the most.
white Native American THis ensures that they know
what the sign is and what the
Native American is trying to
sya
 Context Banksy is commenting on the issues This piece was in San
between Native American and the Francisco, California.
government not honoring treaties California has a huge Native
AMerican community and there
are a lot of issues between the
government and honoring the
treaties, so he was
commenting about how Native
Americans are constantly
being ignored as new
renovations start on their land.

Audience The audience is for states that have Banksy chose this location
Native American communities because there are so many
Native communities in San
Francisco and California in
general. He is bringing further
awareness to the issues that
are happening to these
communities.

Purpose He wants people to honor the wants The sign very obviously
of Native Americans. represents how Natives just
want control of their land.
Banksy wants for these wishes
to be addressed and given to
those communities.

Summary statement: Banksy is commenting about how Native Americans aren’t being
respected in America. He uses contrast, position, and juxtaposition to emphasize his point about
the importance of respecting Native Americans.

Artwork Analysis 3
Artwork #: 17 Title: Banksy Baby Mobile
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Textual Element Observation Evidence (try to provide 2)

Form The position/amount of the cameras The amount of cameras is

are important to the message shocking for a lot of people,
especially because it is next to
a baby's crib. It is
overwhelming and
uncomfortable for the viewer to
see.

Form The description helps to explain what The description talks about
the cameras are used for both self imposed and state
sanctioned surveillance. He is
commenting on how the state
is able to surveillance too
much because of the
cooperation of the public.

Form The only words or thing in color is THe contrast between the all
“Currently Out of Stock” black and white things with the
bright red of the “Currently Out
of Stock” makes your eye
focus more on the red. This
also further shows the point
that people are more than
compliant with surveillance.

Context He is commenting on how children Banksy is very vocal about his

are overly monitored. diagreance with the amount of
surveillance in modern society.
This product was used to
further show Banksy's
frustration with the surveillance
of young people when it is
completely unnecessary to do
so.
 Audience The audience is the general public With his usage of “State
and government officials sanctioned and self imposed” it
shows banksy frustration to
both the government and the
general public that supports
this intense surveillance.

Purpose He wants to stop the usage of He is very vocal about his

incense surveillance on the general opposition to surveillance and
public this product is written in a very
sarcastic manner. He is
catching people's attention to
show just how bad surveillance
issues have become in recent
years.

Summary statement: Banksy is commenting about how he disagrees with the extensive amount
of surveillance that takes place in general society today. His usage of sarcasm, contrast, and
juxtaposition helps to further his point about the damage that intense surveillancing can do. He
wants people to realize that the issue of surveillancing is partially due to the public cooperation
and he wants for people to fight against it moving forward.