Brainwashed

This is a post I've been meaning to make for a few weeks, but I just had SO MANY pictures it was a bit of a pain to transfer all the photos from my phone, and I've also been a very busy (and lazy) human. So.. better late than never eh!

Recently, my friend Mark and I were meant to head to a movie in town, but he suggested checking out this exhibition first... which was a GREAT idea.

Mr Brainwash is a Graffitti/Street/Pop Culture type artist who takes inspiration from other artists. Arguably most famous from Banksy's film Exit through the gift shop (Watch the trailer here).

Mr Brainwash, aka Thierry Guetta uses a lot of recognisable imagery & art and manipulates/adds to it, which is especially cool because, I think, it makes it relatable to most people. There's lots of reference to famous pop icons (Madonna, David Bowie, The Beatles, Elvis, etc) And loads of nods to Andy Warhol & Banksy himself.

The theme of the exhibition was "Life is Beautiful", and can I just say, the whole thing WAS beautiful! There was lashings of glorious colour everywhere, and the imagery played on sweet observations of life. I took SO MANY photos. I will try not to post too many.. enjoy!

Amazingly, the exhibition was free to get into, AND you got a free print & postcards when you left. How nice is that? that is VERY NICE!

Remember, follow your dreams! Ahh, inspirational much?