why did other artists, turn against Thierry?

The issue goes beyond whether or not his art is good or bad. That's actually only a small part of what seems to trouble them. I think the fact that they hedge their statements about Thierry shows that they appreciate what he did (helping them put up their art -- and what he was supposed to do, make a docu about the art). Plus Fairey and Banksy did give quotes for Thierry to promote his show.

But they're uncomfortable with the fact that he didn't develop his own style; he basically cobbled together the styles of several other artists without putting in the work to make it uniquely his own. It's perfectly okay to appropriate someone else's art to make a new statement with it. Thierry seems to appropriate other people's art to simply restate the original artist's message, under the umbrella idea that everyone is being brainwashed.

Only time will tell if there's any merit to what Mister Brainwash is doing or saying.

I thought it's because he pursued art for the wrong reasons. Banksy, Fairey et al were making art for the sake of political-socio statement, perhaps just interpersonal development, or whatever other reasons they choose to exersise art. They could care less whether about being the next celebrity.

From the film, what I gathered from Thierry (as an artist) is that he just wanted to make it big, and art was just a vehicle to take him there. So Art never really was the goal, it was just making it big, whether it's for $, or for fame, or whatever.


But I still love Banksy's quote in response and I will do my best to paraphrase: "He may not have followed the rules, but... there's not supposed to be any rules anyways in art"

They didn't. They pretended to in order to make their movie a bit more interesting, subversive and funny.


You must have been so afraid, Cassie... Then you saw a cop.

He suddenly realised that Thierry Guetta MAY (still not sure) be, not a film maker, but somebody with mental problems. That's brilliant. Whatever the situation in reality is, the concept is wonderful. He's pulling our legs, and enjoying every second of it!

Yes! I so agree. They struck me as a bunch of bittercakes, envious of his sudden success. Yeah, he is good at marketing himself and he made a bunch of money (this is not as surprising when you think about how he had been doing that with his vintage clothing shops all along). But as you say, he took a huge risk, and he never really screwed anyone over but actually had been, it seemed to me, a good and supportive friend to this community.

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i think, because, he's not a real artist.

The acquisition of video footage does not automatically equate as art. One must assemble it in a way to make a statement or create beauty for it to become art.

He ended up standing on the shoulders of real artists like Bansky and others, and sold the hype.

There's nothing wrong with making a dollar, but its clear that a real artist like Bansky does it for the love of what he's doing.... Its not like Bansky gets paid to illegally paint a wall. But Mr. Brainwash, on the other hand, had other artists create concoctions, to sell off, based on hype.

Why WOULDN'T they turn on him, is the question.

When you'are an artist working with another artist, the most stressful thing you can experience is when that person is disorganized. Putting up a gallery show is exhausting, both physically and mentally. It's no 8-5 job where you go home in the afternoon and relax. You do it all day, every day, until you're finished. And then people you're dealing with needs to be organized, or else you get too much stress. And people like that tend to get a bad reputation. I've been on both sides of this, and know how disbelief in a disorganized artist can arise. You always have too little time, and you need efficiency as much as possible.