So I watched a documentary that caught my eye because it featured Banksy who I admire very much. It is called "Exit Through the Gift Shop". I love his art, I think he is very talented and I am jealous. This rant isn't about him though it is about this monster that he partially created named "Thierry Guetta aka Mister Brainwash". I already disliked Andy Warhol and I was glad he was gone, but now this Thierry guy has taken his lame ass place in my opinion. This man is an egotistical, arrogant, irresponsible, self absorbed prick. I have every right to make that observation by pointing out that he is more than okay with ignoring his familial responsibilities. This douche bag decides his calling has found him so fuck his families well being; he found something he likes while his wife stays at home raising their children alone.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. I think this man is insulting to the street art community because he has introduced commercial mass produced shitty unoriginal art to the world like Brito has done. Brito sucks, his third grader art is ugly and boring and only appeals to lame ass hipsters who wouldn't know a good piece of art if they walked right into it. The only reason he is even popular is because he is Cuban and of course all of the Cubans in South Florida have to eat that shit up because since he made it big, they feel like they made it big. Keep your blotchy paint globs of color mass. His artistic abilities are on the level of that of an autistic child running amok over a canvas with open paint cans tied to his underwear. Sure it's art, but it is shitty art. If I paint with my non-dominant limb I could make shitty art too.
This schmuck has taken something that is basically sacred to most artists and exploited and abused his privileges of knowing some of the best damn street artists that exist today. He is a living breathing mockery of what those other artists strive to be and they pour themselves into their work, whereas he is taking stock images, paying people to alter them with Photoshop and selling them for absurd amounts. Fucking absurd. It isn't art to him it is a business. He is on camera admitting that he is just making up prices when he is talking to art dealers and he mocks them on camera after getting off the phone with them. He knows he is a fraud, but hipsters are making him famous just like the iPhone was famous for being an overpriced piece of shit. Have you noticed that ever since Jobs died the fucking iPhone has now become more usable? They stole the best qualities from other phones and put it into their interface.
Thierry Guetta used Banksy and Shepard Fairey's fame, and rode their coat tails to recognition. They both regret it now obviously, as their disdain and regret for the man is all too obvious when watching them on this film. This guy is a crook at best, he is unoriginal and insulting. Fuck you Mr. Brainwash, you suck and you should be ashamed of yourself.
