Introduction
Students evaluate and defend the validity of sources for content and the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' works and in significant works by others.
Task
Students will observe several pieces of Banksy work and determine whether or not the pieces are infact art or vandalism. They will have to use terms of principles and elements to decide if these things are applied to the pieces to support their answer.
Process
https://www.google.com/search?q=banksy&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=…;
Follow this link and answer the following questions below.
Banksy: Artist or Vandal?
1.) What 3 principles does Banksy pieces have or not have?
2.) What 3 elements does Banksy pieces have or not have?
3.) What do you think? Artist or Vandal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDfzw0UUYg
Watch this Interview for Banksy and answer the following questions
1.) Why does Banksy say he uses Mona Lisa in his pieces?
2.) Does Banksy believe he's making art or just vandalizing these walls?
3.) Where does this interview take place?
4.) How long does Banksy say it takes to put up each imagine?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310…
Read this article and answer the following questions
1.) What is the reason for Banksy's Artwork?
2.)“You don’t have to go to college, drag ’round a portfolio, mail off transparencies to snooty galleries or sleep with someone powerful, all you need now is a few ideas and a broadband connection. This is the first time the essentially bourgeois world of art has belonged to the people. We need to make it count.”
What does this statement that Banksy made back in 2010 make you believe about him? Artist or Vandal?
Evaluation
Pick a partner and make a Venn diagram using principles and elements that are in artwork v.s. in graffiti.
Conclusion
Students observed several pieces of Banksy work and determined whether or not the pieces are infact art or vandalism. They used terms of principles and elements to decide if these things are applied to the pieces to support their answer by watching an interview, view his pieces, and reading an article about him.