Dismaland Road Sign
Banksy
Banksy (b 1974) is from Bristol, United Kingdom and he is the most famous anonymous street artist. At the same time he is a political activist. His signature style is using stencils and creating work that is dealing with extremely current issues. Dismaland was a Banksy project from 2015, it was described as a bemusement park instead of a theme park, but in reality it was a pop-up art exhibition. Banksy created 10 new artworks and 58 other artists participated. Dismaland was Banksy’s version of Disneyland, even the logo referred to the latter. Dismaland was prepared in secret, the locals of the Weston-super-Mare in south-west of England thought it was a movie set. Dismaland was open for 36 days and it attracted 150 000 visitors including celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Russell Brand and Jack Black.
Banksy (s 1974) on pärit Bristolist, Inglismaalt ja ta on kõige tuntum anonüümne tänavakunstnik. Ühtlasi on ta ka poliitiline aktivist. Tema käekiri on šabloonide kasutamine ning teoste loomine, mis tegelevad äärmiselt palju aktuaalsete teemadega. Dismaland oli Banksy projekt 2015. aastast, lõbustuspargi asemel kirjeldati seda kui hämmingut tekitavat parki, kuid tegelikkuses oli see pop-up kunstinäitus. Banksy lõi 10 uut kunstiteost ning lisaks osales projektis 58 kunstnikku. Dismaland oli kunstniku versioon Disneylandist ning isegi selle logo viitas viimase omale. Dismalandi projekt oli kuni valmiseni saladus ning edela Inglismaal asuva Weston-super-Mare kohalikud arvasid, et tegemist on filmivõtetega. Dismaland oli avatud 36 päeva ning see tõi kohale 150 000 külastajat, sealhulgas kuulsused nagu Brad Pitt, Russell Brand ja Jack Black.
