Kester

After reading so much on Banksy (for my paper) I can't help but relate the two readings. Banksy is all about not being in a gallery and being viewed by the public. Not having the confines of museum boards and admission as well as space outside. "They began to question the gallery itself as an appropriate site for their work. Further, the museum, with its fusty, art historical associations, appeared ill equipped to provide a proper context for works that explored popular culture or quotidian experience."

I went to a bunch of gallery openings with a friend of mine over the summer and I went because I was thinking "yea it would be nice to get back in touch with the art world and see whats going on." Maybe it was just these galleries that I went to but it actually made me feel less connected. I was being pushed paintings and asked for donations constantly. And the art felt cold and processed. I went to go find art in L.A. galleries and I could've just stayed here and been in the art community.