mr. brain

Since I completely fell off the face of the earth and went to Italy last year, I finally got to see the Banksy documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop.  Film is about Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash), a French amateur film maker/ a graffiti-artist groupie who eventually turned one of the hottest street artists himself after taking Banksy's career advice.  Even though Mr. Brainwash actually exists and his artworks have been sold for millions of dollars (his website http://www.mrbrainwash.com/)  , I am one of many people who believes that the film is a satire, and Theirry has been created to dupe the art world and mock the burgeoning art-factory system.  Meanwhile, the film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work too.  Bravo, Banksy.