© 2021 Publisher, Oxford University Press In Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction, Julian Stallabrass argues that street artist Banksy uses his celebrity to create great market value; however, his work by traditional critical analysis is simple, clichéd, not real art but relies on advertising techniques. This is part of contemporary’s art being controlled and…
The Mega Show, Andy Warhol ran recently at the @AGOtoronto. After succeeding as a successful commercial illustrator, Warhol exhibited his work in several galleries in the 1950s,and was criticized as selling out by some but was seen by others as an influential and controversial pop artist, film director and producer. He took advantage and promoted…