Flower Thrower - Banksy

Tekijä: Niko Lampinen
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”Flower Thrower” was painted by Banksy in 2003. Banksy is a street artist from England whose indentity has remained secret until this day. His art consists of political and humoristic pieces of art. Banksy mostly uses stencils in his artworks. And as might be expected this piece of art is also created using stencils.  

I chose this picture because when you see this picture for the first time it looks a bit aggressive and at the same time calm because the man is holding a bouquet which calms down the picture. Also one thing that attracted my interest in this picture is that this picture is pretty mysterious like many other Banksy’s artworks. Most of his artworks look really realistic which makes them look magnificent. 

When you look the picture, your attention is probably paid to the man with scarf throwing a bouquet. The artist has mostly used black and white colours in this picture and little bit other colours in the bouquet. I think that the cropping of the picture has managed well. But I also think that the picture wouldn’t change significantly if man’s feet were cropped out of the picture. The picture could still be interpreted the same way. There is no background in the picture which simplifies the overview of it.  

The most important thing that can be seen from the picture is peace. The message of the picture is that peace should be maintained despite different conflicts happening around the world 



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Kaisa Lehtonen

This is one of the first Banksy's works I've seen and one of the many reasons I like his works.
I agree that the work looks aggressive. I think it's because of a man who holds the flowers. He looks like rebels in some protests throwing granates but instead of them there is those flowers. As you said, they are the only colourful thing in the black and white -painted work and could depict peace and hope. In my mind Flower Thrower critizises how in a cold and chaotic world people try to reach peace with violence.
In my opinion the cropping is precisely right: without the background the message comes out better and the man's pose makes the context so that the message can be understood.

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Salem Wild

I really like Banksy's work, and this is a good piece done by him
The pop of colour the flowers bring into the otherwise fully black and white piece draws your attention.
I agree that the flowers calm down the piece, if it was something like a bomb etc, the piece would be very violent.

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william lampi

A wonderfully told text about a painting and its painter. I especially liked how you told clearly and really well about the painter and you told where the painting can be seen. I think the same about the message of the painting. Good job! 

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Ville Niemi

I think that you chose an amazing and meaningful piece of art to analyze. You have described the artist, Banksy, and his style of painting really well. You have also summarized the looks of this painting and the message behind it skillfully. I think that your writing is clear and easy to read. In my opinion, Banksy is a really interesting artist to analyze and I think that the mystery of his identity adds an amazing addition to his pieces. Well done!

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Mika Puolakainen

I like how Bansky creates powerful messages with his graffiti in a minimalistic yet impactful style. I particularly like this piece because of the aggressive look and background that it is painted on. It definitely could symbolize maintaining peace in the conflict ridden world, as you said.

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Jami Kuusela

I think that you analyzed the picture precisely and clearly and I think that you've found the main idea behind it. Your text was easy to read and I enjoyed reading it.

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