Vincent Van Gogh

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 Dickins, R. (2006), The Usborne Art Treasury

I have always found Vincent Van Gogh's work very interesting, he is more famous now than when he was alive, he is also famous for cutting his ear off after arguing with one of his friends, it is understandable why he did that because he had a mental illness. Some people think he is just a crazy man who could paint but  to me I think he was an amazing artist and his work was amazing the way he paints his work and how the colours complement each other. The image that i have chosen is Starry Night this is one of my favourite paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. when i look at the painting it always makes me feel more relaxed and calm because of the scenery and the calm colours. Van Gogh said "looking at the stars makes me dream" from Dickins, R. (2006), The Usborne Art Treasury. I agree with him stars can make you dream and they can also inspire you which i think they did when he painted Starry Night. 

Semiotics

Signs

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Semiotics means that it is a sign or an image that doesn't need words to explain what it is and how it works, road and street signs are a big example of what a semiotic is, they are everywhere you go they are even on your clothing you just don't take notice of it and how useful it really is, if there was no sign on a toilet door telling you that it is a toilet or which is female or male you wouldn't use it because you wont know that it is there or which one to use or if a road sign was put into words not an image you wouldn't be able to read it in time because you are driving, these two examples showing how important semiotics really is, it doesn't have to be a picture to know what an object is you can take an everyday object like chair and show it to someone and they would know what it is and what it is used for, they wouldn't need writing to explain what it is and how it works this example proves how useful semiotics really is.     

Tim Burton

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This is one of Tim Burtons films called The Nightmare Before Christmas, he is very famous for his films like Beetlejuice which was created in 1988 and one of his recent films Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street which was created in 2007, Tim Burton is my favourite film maker and animator he was the person who inspired me to become an artist, his films is unique, dark and strange and they always keep you on the edge of your seat, all of the characters in his films have their own unique style and personality which gives you a better understanding of the film, Tim Burton's work always look and sound scary but their not most of his films are heart warming and they have a little humour to keep the viewers happy. 

Identity

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Identity is the most important thing about somebody it is what separates us from everyone else it shows us that you exist, if you didn't have an identity you wouldn't get anywhere in life, you need your identity for everything like going on holiday you couldn't get on a plain if you didn't have any identification or get a job because they need to know who you are, most people obsess over what they look like people would go to great lengths to change there appearance because they are not happy with the way they look , when people go to these lengths to change the way they look it is almost like their completely changing their identity, there are more simple ways of changing the way you look without going to great lengths you can use make up which can change the way people look and feel about them selves there are also  people that have to cover them selves up because of there religion but they will always have an identity.

Banksy

The Sweeper

 http://www.banksy-wallpaper.com/banksy-wallpapers/sweeper-banksy-wallpaper.php

I have always loved Banksy's work, what I like the most is that the world is his canvas and the way he uses objects on the street for his paintings i.e windows and double yellow lines, which I think is amazing that he is using objects from the street for his art work. There is big problems using the streets as your canvas is that there are people who will vandalise his work i.e the painting "Mild Mild West" was vandalised on 6th of April 2009 by a group called Appropriate Media. It really annoys me why people have to destroy a work of art I think if you don't like it say something don't destroy it.There has been many exhibitions of his work and copies of his work sold, the first exhibition was held on the 19th of July 2002 in Los Angeles, Banksy never hosted the exhibitions as he is an anonymous artist, which I think is brilliant how he has kept his identity from the public what I like most about him hiding his identity is that he could have been at all of his exhibitions and no one would know.