As I watched Exit through the Gift Shop for the first time, I was expecting to learn and examine the mystery of the famous street artist named Banksy. After watching the film, not only was I fascinated with the mystery of Banksy, but I also created many questions and concerns about the aspects in the movie. The film has many transitions that open up many different perspectives about the mystery of this story. One very specific thought that absorbs my full attention after watching Exit though the Gift Shop is the question, ‘What is art?’. Everyone defines Art differently, but I would say that Art is original, unique, and beautiful in any kind of way.
This is Campbell’s Soup (I), which was originally created by Andy Warhol in 1962. This particular piece in fact belongs to a collection of Campbell soup Illustrations, which can be referred to as just ‘Campbells Soup Cans’. This collection is built up of thirty two individual canvases, each measuring 51 centimetres in height and 41 centimetres in width (which converts to 20 inches height by 16 inches width). Although technically not a painting, but a screen printed Illustration, it is an extremely iconic piece of work belonging to both Andy Warhol as an artist, and the pop-art context. Despite the tomato soup can being a part of a collection, it is commonly considered as ‘the recognisable’ one, and has become the most iconic - in fact, the general conception is that this was simply an individual piece and that only those who had either researched or experience in the history of art generally or specifically in Andy Warhol’s artistic career.
Art is a field of creativity and feelings. It can be used to explain something that cannot be explained with words. Art consists of many things; it does not have to be interpreted or translated to be appreciated. Art can be broken down into these different types: representational, abstract and nonrepresentational art. Representational art is often the first type that comes to mind for many people.
Their works also urged him to expand his "palate" of art. This eventually led to his involvement in the pop art movement. In the earl 60's, Andy began creating artwork using advertisement pictures and super hero comic strips. His "Campbell's Soup Cans" became one
Andy Warhol was a leading artist in the movement. Among his many painting are his CampBell 's soup cans and Heinz Ketchup bottle. He painted everyday object over and over again to prove America was a consumer Society (Gyure 1). Warhol’s subjects were everyday products and famous movie stars. Andy Warhol was an important individual in American Art, because he started a new movement in art called Pop Art.
Some may argue he was on to something especially now with the rise of reality TV and the number of celebrities who are famous for nothing. By taking this very basic soup can and elevating it to art, Warhol is proving his theory about 15 minutes of fame: this previously utilitarian object suddenly transcends what it was made to do-provide nourishment-and becomes much larger than merely a can of soup. If something as basic as a can soup can become famous or an object of art, then what does that say about people? Of course, Andy Warhol was already aware of how people could be plucked from obscurity and made into "stars". He did that with his Factory Superstars and with himself.
This studio, which had long been no longer known, was renowned for the name of the factory. By doing so, he eliminated the unique and pure character of the work of art, and began to produce large-scale artwork. In the same period, Warhol began to paint famous American productions such as Soup Campbell and Coca-Cola. One of his most well-known works is the Campbell's Soup Canist, which was designed in 1962.
Being a five-foot tall Hispanic girl, I literally see the world from a different perspective. I was never the type of person to feel confident under my own skin because I belittled myself instead of embracing my physique, culture, and gender. As a young girl, I was inspired to run for president after reading a biography of George Washington, become an astronaut after seeing Apollo 13, and a computer scientist after learning about Bill Gates, but I was discouraged to pursue those careers because I am a girl. When the teacher would ask what we wanted to be when we were older, some boys would say, “You can’t do that! You’re a girl!”
200 Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol Figure 2: Andy Warhol, 200 Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962. Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, (Each canvas) 51 cm × 41 cm, (Entire piece) 182.9 x 254 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York (). 200 Campbell’s Soup Cans done by Andy Warhol consists of 200 silk screen printed canvases, one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time of creating the artwork (Collins 2012: 136). You find two focal colours on the cans, these being red and yellow.
Andy Warhol is recorded as saying, “Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” However, Warhol had much more than fifteen minutes. His new artistic creativity and inventive ideas secured him a place in artistic history alongside others such as van Gogh and da Vinci. From painting stars who were in the public eye, such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, to painting everyday objects, such as soup cans, Warhol invited people to review what they see everyday, and see them in a new light. When he was given an art pad as a bedridden child with the rare disease Sydenham Chorea, a spark was lit inside of him, and he drew all that he could.
Art is everything. Everything you see, touch, taste, smell, and hear can be interpreted as art, from the most basic understanding of an oil painting to the crunching noise of leaves under a boot. Art can be anywhere, and anything. Think of the intense curvatures of a building, the electrifying anticipation of an orchestra tuning, the meticulous stitching on your most beloved article of clothing, the careful and reverent way a child gazes upon a breath-taking sculpture towering over their being. I prefer to take art as it is, and that it is the basic reason of why humans are unique in their existence.
Everywhere we look there is some type of art, we are surrounded by art the moment we were born into this world that God created with his own two hands as stated in Genesis 1:1 “ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”. You may be asking“ What is art?” art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. We see art as just painting or sculptures, but it's much more, for example how photographers want to capture the beauty of nature into a simple picture to retain for souvenirs and share with others.
Art is seen by people in different ways. Some people believe that art is simply paintings, others believe that art can be seen as anything in the real world. A simple box could been seen as a work of art and others see it as just a box. Arthur Danto set out to find the meaning of art and give art a full definition.
What is art? Art can be represented through the use of anything from a painting to a photograph. In my mind art is the inside of the creator’s brain. It is a visual of what I am thinking, who I am, my views, my dreams, and my interests all complied into different works. My reasoning behind this is because even if I primarily enjoy drawing fashion sketches I believe you can feel my emotions through my work.
Art has been around and a part of humans lives since the beginning of time. The first forms of recognized art were paintings on the side of a cave wall; art has slowly matured and become more sophisticated as time has passed. Works of art come in many forms and can take hours or simply a few minutes. Also, anybody can consider anything art. From some people’s perspective a dot on a piece of paper is the most magnificent artwork in the world.
