What are the pros and cons of being an anonymous artist?
pros: draw whatever you want without affecting real life, no pressure from people to ask you for things/free work irlcons: harder to network or get collaborations/industry work, commissions can also be difficult to set up
>>7145841graffitti isnt art and banksy is a jewish propaganda money laundering group.
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>>7145841Pro: You can make controversial points without fear of repercussionCon: You can't really monetise from it, unless you're very careful, in which case the original pro is now no longer true - you'll always be looking over your shoulder fearing a doxxing. This can also be the case, even without monetisation, if you've been a retard (see stonetoss).
>>7145841Pros: nobody can bother youCons: you are nobody
Pros: I value my personal space a lot, so I feel more comfortable knowing that I'm anonymous and can hide behind a persona. Cons: hard to network your way into industry (I don't give a fuck personally, wasn't going to). Bansky is a fat bitch.
>>7145841OP here. As an artist, I personally want to remain anonymous because I want to be known and remembered for my work instead of going Hollywood. I also don’t want to be known for just ONE fluke.
It depends on the medium and the message meant to be disseminated through it. I post my stuff regularly, and have a distinctive style, and its getting stranger,yet I am just another anon. But I think that you are thinking more of a Banksy random graffiti. However clever,it is still graffiti, unwanted,uninvited,interfering with the artistic vision of the architect, who didn't account for the whims of attention seekers. As an art form, I respect graffiti, its stylization when its authors bother to give it some. But you can't make a buck from hard work when it's on a wall, unless as a sanctioned mural. Some smarter ones paint directly on tshirts while you wait, but in the age of mass production as required to fulfill orders, that is impractical.
>>7145896BANKSY is a hack but I don’t care what is or isn’t art anymore.
