Exit Through the Gift Shop Creative background
2022-01-05 08:01
Thierry Jeddah originally ran a second-hand clothing store, and later fell in love with photography, and graffiti artists became the focus of his lens chase. While photographing the creative process of these artists, he also helped graffiti artists to avoid the police. Hunting down, or acting as an assistant delivery tool, so I have a good relationship with many artists. But Thierry's most yearning is Banksy, who has never been captured by the camera. Finally, when the latter went to New York to create, Thierry became Banksy's tour guide. On one occasion, Banksy attracted the police to paint in Disneyland, and Thierry was caught in the sidewalk shot, but he did not confess that Banksy escaped by chance, so he won his trust.
Encouraged by Banksy, Thierry edited a film based on footage shot over many years. Banksy felt that the film was terrible after watching it. Due to his friend's affection, he did not tell Thierry directly, but encouraged him to do other creative work. Thierry threw down the camera and left all the shooting materials to Banksy. He began to work in graffiti creation under the pseudonym "Mr. Brainwashing" and was successful. The price of Thierry's paintings soared to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Banksy used the video material left by Thierry to produce the documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop"
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Extended Reading
Exit Through the Gift Shop quotes
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Banksy: There's no one like Thierry, even though his art looks like everyone else's.
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Banksy: Warhol repeated iconic images until they became meaningless, but there was still something iconic about them. Thierry really makes them meaningless.