Identity
How important is an artist’s identity when viewing their
work? Why do we need to know who the
artist is?
Banksy is a street artist who uses stencils as his main/only medium. His work has become very well known and
almost iconic as a banksy style. His work sells for thousands of pounds and people
have even tried to steal the walls or segments of walls where his work is
displayed. Is it just the mystique of his unknown identity making his work so
well known and revered or is it that his work is seen to be political and
making a statement in a clever witty way?
At the other end of the spectrum is Tracy Emin with her art work entitled “My Bed” . Denotations from this include fag ends,
dirt, used condoms etc but had Tracey Emin not sold this as art and called
this art, and labelled this as her bed
and her art, then this work would literally be an unpleasant ,messy bed such as
which can be found in many homes across the land. 
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