On Wednesday 16th July, myself and a fellow graphic design student 'David' headed down to London, to look at a few galleries ect. One main attraction which stood out to me before this day was Banksy's gallery located at Sotherby's in Oxford Street, the exhibition was called;
"The Unauthorised Retrospective".
For a few years now, I have loved his work and the way he portraits it; whether that is where he displays it, or the variety in it all - it fascinates me. Going to his gallery was a real eye opener as I have now learned a lot more about him that I previously knew.
Before heading to his gallery, I had no idea that Banksy was involved in 3D modelling. As shown above - he had 2/3 bronze cast models that were all in his unique style however this one is really quite powerful. It shows a ballerina looking as if she has just finished off doing a pirouette, but she is standing on a dump site with a toxic barrel beside her feet. Then there is what looks to be a breathing apparatus around her mouth, almost showing a pre-war girl which was a dancer, using any means necessary to continue doing what she loves.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a full length photograph but if you CLICK HERE you will be able to see the full image.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a full length photograph but if you CLICK HERE you will be able to see the full image.
One of my personal favourite pieces of work that I saw in his gallery was this piece titled 'Trolley Hunters'. Essentially what I worked out from this is that there are these group of uncivilised people going out to hunt for food, but instead they come across these shopping trolleys. Clearly they have never seen anything like this before so they assume it is another type of animal or something so they begin to hunt.
All in all, really happy I went to this exhibition and experienced his work for myself in person instead of just sitting at a computer and gathering research. If he ever has another gallery show on in London, I will be sure to try and go.
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