banksy.co.uk

Banksy is a website full of quirky artwork. The site shows artwork that portrays a comical or sarcastic point of view to some of the problems in our society. It consists of three parts: outside works, inside works, and a shop page. Both the outside and inside pieces mock certain aspects of todays society such as corporations, classes, government, the police force, and many others. Each image is threw the eyes of the artist and refers to different subject matters.

A lot of the pieces on this site played with how corporations and government are viewed. One image was of a government meeting, but in place of government officials, the artist placed monkeys. The one that I found most interesting was a black and white image. It consisted of a huge Mickey Mouse and a huge Ronald McDonald holding both hands of a naked, crying little girl. Mickey and Ronald are smiling and cheerful while this poor child is clearly suffering. This image stuck out to me because both of these figures are meant to make children happy. Maybe here in the U.S. a mouse and a clown can lift our children's spirits, but they don't do much to help the children who have nothing in underdeveloped countries., some of which work for their corporations.