Abstract:
The relationship between the artist, the concept of art and the art work which
has been one of the debated issues since the beginning of the history of the
civilization, now has moved into another dimension in the world interconnected
with the global networks. The work art which has lost its aura and
uniqueness in the era of multiplication has gained a different aura and initiated
new debates with the rise of internet. Together with the introduction of the
conceptual art the art work which has got its own problematic and message
began to interact with its own audience. This interaction at the same time
makes the audience as a part of the art work. The conceptual art work delivers
the message by using daily objects and the circles. The illegal techniques such
as graffiti which are usually seen as vandalism deliver the social criticism messages
more strongly. The contentious art works attracts great interest by the
experts and the collectors. These art works which have been titled as the Protest
Art or Activist Art have been prized as much as with those works exhibits
in the art galleries. These works which meet their audience in the streets rather
than in the art galleries and no sooner than uploaded to the internet multiplies
innumerable, independent from the time and space. Even though they
are erased and removed from the application, they keep on transmitting the
messages. In this study, Graffiti artist Banksy’s works which are saleable at
quite high prices, but are not treated as legal, and whose messages spread
into large masses through the new media will be analyzed within the context
of the conceptual art.
Keywords: New media, Conceptual art, Protest art, Banksy, Graffiti, Stencil
