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What is it about?     The Make/Do Festival   is a two-day celebration  of art, expression, creativity and community.     Think of it as  an old-fashioned community picnic meets backyard carnival meets  maker faire  meets  your school talent show  meets  an idea you once had in the back of your head.

The Dollmaker began to research the huge (and controversial) body of work called  also known as:

Drawing Symbols and Signatures  on walls is- like- cave-man old.. some of the earliest Human Art... ...their hands were their stencils.

- having liberated themselves from relying exclusively on the spray can...  Graffiti Artists nowadays use all varieties of Paint air brush, oil-based chalks, and even plaster

 

 

Further research on the topic of

yielded the interesting fact that

Certain Street Artists have actually become famous- even in anonymity!

for example...

For years the Dollmaker actually has owned a bumper sticker which states:

 

 

 

 But she did not (until now) connect this jolly little thought

with the famous - yes- world famous- Street Artist

known as "Banksy"

 

 

The phrase

 "art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"

is a quote attributed to Mexican poet and academic, Cesar A. Cruz,

with which the (anonymous) British Street Artist,

Banksy

agrees wholeheartedly...

(in fact, the quote is often accredited to him!)

 

 

Banksy's Imagery is definitely "Provocative"

"The Flower Thrower" is one of Banksy's most iconic stencils:

The defiance shown by the figure reflects

a Universal Call for Peaceful Resistance-

 

a major theme in Banksy's work.

 

Essentially, what he is saying is

Street Art should provoke Thought and Reflection.

 

 

 Banksy's Art is known for it's dark humor, anti-Human-Rights-Abuses,

anti-war, and anti-consumerism messages.

 

His work is found in significant places around the World. (like war zones)

 

                  

Banksy Opens West Bank Hotel With World's 'Worst View' 

 

 

At this point in his career,

far from being considered vandalism,

his artwork is actually often appreciated and protected by the owners of the buildings-

(Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie own original Banksys)

and get this:

The highest price paid for a Banksy Stencil was

for the infamous "Love is in the Bin" .

This was the framed artwork that shredded itself

seconds after it was sold  in 2018

at Sotheby's for $1.4 million

ha. after that

it was resold again in 2021 for  $25.3 million.

 

 

Love Is In The Bin, 2018
Spray-paint and acrylic on canvas mounted on board, framed by the artist.
Decommissioned, remote controlled shredding mechanism remains in the frame.
142x78x18 cm (60 x 30 7/8 x 7 inches)
Unique
Signed on the reverse
Sotheby’s London: 14 October 2021
GBP 18,582,000 / USD 25,457,340

 

 

Said to be one of the most Representative Works of our Time!

https://youtu.be/36mxkE4BHoE?si=f8GET1o5ZGz_KBP0

Check out this video which shows the actual moment of shredding:

 

 

 

 

The Dollmaker's take in this Age of Information is that

Street Art can be a positive force

by beautifying cities, promoting social change,

and encouraging community engagement...

 

It can also redefine the Rules of the Art World..

 

 

As the picture moved through the hidden shredding mechanism...

 

Was this seen as an Act of Destruction- nope-

It was viewed as a Moment of Creation! LOL