Mr. Brainwash
Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash) is a French born street artist, famous for his works charged with joy and positivity.
He started his career as street artist after the 2010 film Exit Through the Gift Shop. Directed by Banksy, it featured Mr. Brainwash himself as the protagonist.
Appropriating images from art history and popular culture, Mr. Brainwash merges stencil characters like Einstein and Charlie Chaplin with his iconic mottos like Life Is Beautiful and Follow Your Dreams.
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WHO IS MR. BRAINWASH?
Born in 1966 in Garges-lès-Gonesse in France, Mr. Brainwash is one of the most known street and pop artists worldwide. His artworks have reached popularity among art lovers, collectors and gallerists.
At the beginning of his career, Mr. Brainwash followed his cousin Invader, another iconic street artist, and met the leading artists of Street Art like Obey (Shepard Farey) and Banksy. While following all these artists like Invader, Obey, and Banksy, Mr. Brainwash filmed his emerging career as an artist. Banksy directed the movie, in which it is possible to see every step of the process.
In 2008 Thierry Guetta organised his first solo exhibition to let the world know him as Mr. Brainwash. His first exhibition was set in Los Angeles, on Hollywood Walk of Fame Sunset Boulevard, inside a space of around 15,000 square-feet.
His first exhibition took place on June 18, 2008, and was called Life is Beautiful. During the majestic exhibition, Mr. Brainwash showed the public more than 300 artworks including paintings, prints and sculptures.
Thanks to this first exhibition, the artist started working exclusively on his artistic career, known as Mr. Brainwash worldwide.
ARE MR. BRAINWASH AND BANKSY THE SAME PERSON?
Since the beginning of his career, the identity of Bansky has been a mystery: no one really knows who hides behind the most iconic, irreverent, and famous person in the Street Art scene. Consequently, due to his friendship with Mr Brainwash and the movie directed by Banksy to promote Mr. Brainwash as a new street artist in the art scene, people started assuming that Mr. Brainwash is actually Bansky.
The creation of one artwork, in particular, highlights the unique and close relationship between Banksy and Mr. Brainwash. The most famous artwork by Banksy, Girl with Balloon, has been reworked by Mr. Brainwash several times but with different backgrounds, colors and details. With this subject of Banksy, Mr. Brainwash pays homage to one of his friends and one of the top artists of the street art scene.
MR. BRAINWASH ART MUSEUM
In December 2022, Mr. Brainwash opened a museum where visitors can admire immersive and multimedia installations, and explore the artist production and evolution to enter the energetic and hopeful world of Thierry Guetta.
The Mr. Brainwash Museum represents a beacon of hope and positivity, signifying how things can still thrive despite uncertainty. The Mr. Brainwash Beverly Hills Museum is focused mainly on his art and poetics.
MR. BRAINWASH - ART AND WORKS
The art of Mr. Brainwash is best known for its joy, colors and the references he makes to the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Some artists from whom Mr. Branwash draws inspiration are Andy Warhol, Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring.
In addition to visual references, Mr. Brainwash is also known for including quotes and motivational phrases inside his art to express his love towards life and his optimistic vision of the world.
MR. BRAINWASH - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
One of the most iconic phrases and artwork by Mr. Brainwash is "Life is Beautiful". Mr. Brainwash has released several sculptures and artwork in which this iconic phrase appears. Life is Beautiful represents the artist's poetry, sending positive messages and teaching the viewers not to give up because, as this artwork states: "life is beautiful".
MR. BRAINWASH - EINSTEIN
One of the most iconic subjects in Mr. Brainwash artistic production is the physician Albert Einstein. Through Einstein, Mr. Brainwash spreads another important message: Love is the Answer. Mr. Brainwash wants to diffuse a strong message of love and positivity thanks to his artwork dedicated to the famous Physicist, Albert Einstein.
In his Einstein artworks, Mr. Brainwash lets the universal icon of genius hold up a sign in which it appears the emblematic phrase "Love is the Answer".
MR. BRAINWASH - SPRAY CAN
Mr. Brainwash is also known for the variety of mediums in his artistic production, from canvases to walls, via mirrors and spray cans. Over the years, Mr. Brainwash pays homage to his primary tool to make art by elevating it to an authentic work of art.
The spray cans realized by Mr. Brainwash have different subjects: from the classic ones like Einstein, Chaplin and the Marvel characters, to iconic city symbols like in Mr. Brainwash's Liberty spray can.
MR. BRAINWASH - EVERYDAY LIFE
Another important character of Mr. Brainwash's artistic production is the chimpanzee protagonist of the artwork series Everyday Life. Mr. Brainwash shows the stencilled monkey writing iconic phrases on a wall such as "Follow your Dream", "Smile" or "Follow your Heart".
Once more, thanks to the monkey, Mr. Brainwash reinforces the messages of his art full of positivity and love for life.
MR. BRAINWASH ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE ONLINE ON DEODATO.US
If you are interested in Mr. Brainwash art for sale, you can find the original artwork online on our website. These artworks are hand-signed by the artist, provided with a certificate of authenticity.
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