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petraskova199's review
informative
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jenage's review
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
windmill314's review
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
robertrivasplata's review
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A comics round-up of what there is to know about Banksy, framed as a series of conversations between a street artist & a street art documentarian doing their court-ordered community service painting over graffiti. As with Banksy & his work, it feels like the concept is half the message. In a way, I think I would have liked this book better if it took more of an Existential Comics approach, & committed more fully to the conversations taking place while painting over the street art, & having less of the story of the documentarian & artist doing their own art. Then again, two people being forced to paint over street art & graffiti while talking about the wildly mainstreamed work & career of the great Banksy does not really fit with the point that this book is trying to make, which is that art, & street art in particular is for everyone. The dissonance of Banksy's acceptance into the mainstream of high art while other street art is still viewed as a nuisance is something Banksy's work has tried to address, but really, modern art has been struggling with this for over a century now. The high class art world has been co-opting it's modern art critics for over a century now, despite the best efforts of countless artists to develop concepts resistant to high art. Interestingly, this book depicts very very little of the art of Banksy, choosing to describe the concepts instead, which is probably what Banksy's art is really known for anyway. I like the idea of a street art crew who dress in orange community service jumpsuits.
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