In a post Banksy world we are used to seeing all sorts of politically engaged and meaningful graffiti. Although anyone who says this risks being torn apart by art critics, I don't think art should be political to be art. Art always represents the time in which it was made, true, but it doesn't have to be in any way political to be meaningful. That is the main reason why I like this artist and his art project more than I like Banksy's work. Project is called Outings and the artist is Julien de Casabianca. He takes portret paintings form museums and puts them on the walls of decaying buildings, that way making it posible for more people to see them. I love this idea, it's unique and beautiful and reminds us of some classical paintings that hang forrgoten in museums.

What do you think? Do you like this idea?



U svetu posle Benksija navikli smo da vidimo razne vrste politički angažovanih i simboličkih grafita. Iako bilo ko ko ovo kaže rizikuje da ga umetnički kritičari razapnu, mislim da umetnost ne mora da bude politična da bi bila umetnost. Ona uvek oslikava duh vremena, to je tačno, ali ne mora da bude ni na jedan način politički angažovana da bi bila značajna. To je glavni razlog zbog kog volim ovog umetnika i njegov projekat više nego što volim Benksijev rad. Projekat se zove Outings a umetnik je Julien de Casabianca. On uzima portrete iz muzeja i stavlja ih na zidove zgrada koje propadaju i tako omogućava većem broju ljudi da ih vidi. Jako mi se sviđa ova ideja, jedinstvena je i lepa i podseća nas na dela klasičnog slikarstva koja stoje zaboravljena u muzejima.

Šta vi mislite? Da li vam se sviđa ova ideja?