Bansky and Jules Verne at first seem like an odd pairing but I think what is happening in these two images hold a lot of similarities. Despite our computers, phones, and general mass technological daily state of living, we are still fascinated with the past. And yet that past was all about moving toward the future. Okay, Jules Verne was around not that long ago and while the cave paintings are far more removed from our time it still wasn't that long ago and I think we all relate when we see them, know why they were made and realize that today we are still compulsively making our mark on the wall.
This Giant can be seen here moving around in a very Jonathan Swift manner at a seemingly very awesome festival in France.
The Banksy I have no idea about. I just saw it on the internet and liked it. I love how many ideas could be brought up by it. That cave paintings are considered art and yet they are possibly the oldest example of graffiti that we have, that we destroy perfectly good art on our streets, it's just a great juxapostition of the past and present...
And it's cool to think that in a way Banksy is much like the cave painter- an anonymous artist rendering on walls what he sees and is concerned about out in the world.
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