Oscar art in LAStreet art is know as the hybrid form of graffiti using mediums such as stickers, stencils, posters, paint and sculptures. It is considered one of the biggest counter cultural movement since punk and is often done secretly at night, due to its illegal nature. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker, Thierry Guetta, as he attempts to document the birth of the street art movement and capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera. Along the way, Guetta crosses paths with the notoriously secretive street artist, Bansky, who ends up turning the camcorder back on the Frenchman with wildly unexpected results.
Some of Bansky's street art
Some critics have concerns over the authenticity of the documentary, but others believe that Oscar nominated documentary is the "first Oscar-related publicity to actually extend the concerns, and deepen the mystery, of the movie it's intended to promote." In the weeks leading up the awards, Banksy's somewhat controversial and industrial art has been popping up all over Los Angeles, which has given a lot of hype to his nominated film.
image sources: bansky.com
