Brainwash was a phenomenon, a superstar, who conquered the art world in record time. Numerous exhibitions followed in England, Germany, France and most recently in Seoul. A longer interview has just been published in the Paris Match. With stencils stencil graffiti as well as silkscreens and motifs of pop culture analogous to Warhol, the artist has brought Urban Art from the street into the living room and merged both art movements.
Artist Bio. Artist Bio Artwork. Unframed Size: 50X Unframed Size: 36X Unframed Size: 85X Unframed Size: 84X Unframed Size: 38X Unframed Size: 30X Unframed Size: 26X Unframed Size: 54X There is no doubt his battle has played a major role in the evolution of rights and mentality and therefore, made possible for an Afro-american man to run for presidency and win.
In a sense, Barack Obama becoming president of the United States in , is the dream come true of Martin Luther King, even though given the current circumstances and events happening in the States lately, one can hardly say that the fight for equality is over, and that prejudices belong to the past.
The United States might have elected a black president, nevertheless, minorities, and more particularly black people, still do not share the same priviledges than the white, and are commonly victims of racism.
Five score years ago, a great American , in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence , they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning.
And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash at "Mr. Brainwash X It's a Thing. Street artist Thierry Guetta, better known as Mr.
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