This stencil was made by Banksy in London, I can’t find the date.

 At the top, it reads « if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes truth ». Just below it, we can see a young girl who has turned the word « truth » into « politics ». All of the graffiti is black , apart from the word politics which is in red.

In England - as in France -  a lot of people think that politicians are used to lie and to disonhour their pledges.  Moreover, you must know the famous saying « Truth comes out from children’s mouth ». So this painting raises awareness even more because of the denounced truth through the child’s writing. I think Banksy wanted to denounce the fact  that today, in our lifetime, every body is concerned about politics, even though children are too young, they also know about the political situation.

I like this work of art because it shows us what Banksy thinks about politics, he is not trying to be a hypocrit, but I’m not fond of it.

Jade

Le lundi 20 Mars 2017 nous avons rencontré un responsable de la galerie d’art Itinerances  située dans le 13^e arrondissement .  Le responsable nous a dit qu’ils ont déjà fait venir des artistes de street art , mais ce sont les sponsors qui payent le voyage , logement , le matériel ( la peinture etc...) .  Les artistes viennent parfois avec des personnes pour les aider à faire leurs œuvres , ils restent  15-20 jours et sont payés environ 2000 euros . Ils prennent entre 1 et 2 semaines pour faire leurs œuvres .

 Emilie

The graffiti I will presente to you is a tag made by Banksy with a stencil, whose name is « Spy Booth ». It was made in April 2014 in England but it was destroyed in August 2016.

On the tag we can see three men who hold microphones and listen a phone booth. Banksy has used the phone booth in his graffiti.

I think that through his tag he wants to denounce the  massive surveillance in the world.

I don’t like this tag because I don’t appreciate this style of art. 

Emilie           

The work of art that I choose is « The flower thrower », which was made by Bansky in 2003, in Jerusalem. It’s perhaps one of the most famous pieces produced by Banksy. The piece was painted with a stencil and cans of spray paint. « The flower thrower » is a young man, maybe a teenager. We are not sure about his age because he wears a scarf covering most of his face. He also wears a backwards cap, and looks like a delinquent. The young man is holding a bunch of flowers, ready to throw it. He takes a run-up, to throw the flowers as far as he can. The whole piece is painted in black and white color, except the bunch of flowers. In this way,the bunch of flowers is plain to see. The artist doesn’t want weapons and violence in our lives. The teenager is holding flowers instead of a bomb. Moreover, the fact that the artist drew the artwork in Palestine, who was in conflict with  Israel, his message made even more sense. He expects a peaceful world. And he tried to pass the message of peace through the street art to as many people as possible. 

Clémence