Mr. Brainwash
By Zio
Mr. Brainwash, or MBW, is the moniker of an eccentric French filmmaker. MBW has spent the last nine years attempting to make the ultimate documentary about graffiti art. But whilst filming many of the world’s most renowned street artists at work, MBW began putting his camera aside and making art of his own. He has graduated from a few hand-drawn stickers to giant billboard sized paste-ups.
MBW does not fit the stereotype of your average street vandal. His artistic process chiefly consists of throwing random modern cultural icons into a blender and turning it up to eleven. The results are by turns profound, provocative and inspirational.
“Life is beautiful” is the first exhibition ever mounted by Mr. Brainwash. It takes place in a former Hollywood studio complex and will feature over 200 paintings, sculptures and prints alongside an installation made from 25,000 books and a life-size re-creation of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks.” For more info go to www.artshow2008.com
June 16th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
FAIL!
June 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
THAT SHIT IS FRESH…
June 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
It’s a new way to express visually what words cannot capture on paper…
June 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Slam fucking dunk!
Later,
Bubonic
June 19th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
not sure i’d say a NEW way……………..
June 19th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
shit was ill !
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
just another banksy clone….sorry dude, i could do that with a copy machine and scissors
June 24th, 2008 at 1:30 am
You suck man, don’t forget to turn off your copy machine after the show. COPYCAT COPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCATCOPYCAT
June 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Can’t wait till the date when the streets are like the “Life is Beautiful” exhibit.
the jazz band was phat, djays were ill, and the spectators gin n juice
June 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I don’t kowe where Valery is coming from this shit is a twist, same but different. Horchata got it right when all this stuff hits the streets people will understand.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
ehi, valery, wow chill out girl! what makes you so mad? or jealous?
guess life is not that beautiful for you
June 26th, 2008 at 2:20 am
yeah , yeah , yeah been there done that 20 yrs go ! same old shit, same old icons , put a gun on it (not even an AK47) and everyone thinks its really crass ! wow outsider art or insider art ! elvis. monroe, another stencil , another carefully applied paintdrip ! surprised there wasnt a sid vicious (maybe there is ) hey why not do che - thats really original . maybe nothing is original - or maybe try and be original by sourcing your ripped material in a slightly more original way , blah blah blah blah really bored now
this ting is really out of control now - i’m just going off now to get some cotton wool to pull over my eyes .
July 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I was impacted by all of Mr. Brainwash’s work. I hope to see more of his art documenting current international wars. I sensed that he may be an artist who can take an antiwar stance.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Anyone who’s anyone can do what MBW has done so no one will. It sucks so awesome, luv it.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
So many art critics here. Whatever happened to “Art is in the eye of the beholder”? Mr. Brainwash’s technique or message may not be anything new but that was one dope show.
August 7th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
“I was told by someone very very very close to Banksy that Mr. Brainwash is a “Banksy prank” aimed to prove he can start from nothing and build a brand from the ground up again. Which is why when you look at the show there is thousands of dollars worth of custom made props all paid for by Banksy. I was told that Banksy will announce he is behind Mr. Brainwash in April-May 2009. What I find funny though is how all of the garbage that is being sold through the name Mr. Brainwash will probably be worth as much as the Bansky stuff when it all goes public. Proving once again people are whores for brand names.”
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Haha, yeah, of course this is art. “Art is in the eye of the beholder” as Deez Nutz says. But it’s only art if everyone beholding it is willing to swallow this washed-down version of it. This is called a scene, and there will always be people trying hard to make it. Just ask the question . . . what is the point of all of this? Is he really saying something, or just juxtaposing recycled cliches and ironies under the guise of ‘pop-art’. I would like to say, the joke is on you, but unfortunately, I think it’s on him to . . .
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
No one said shit about MBW when his work was up at Banksy’s Can Festival. Now that he’s blown up people are just hating.