Artwork Analysis 1
Artwork #: 2 Title: Untitled, Birmingham, 2019
Textual Element Observation
Form The homeless man juxtaposed with
the reindeer to show the happiness
of Christmass with the reindeer and
the dowry side with homelessness.
Context The artwork was created around
christmas time.
Audience The audience looks to be everyday
people who possibly have the
resources to help people in a merry
time.
Purpose Banksy looks to highlight the issue of
homeless.
Summary statement: SKIP
Evidence (provide 2)
The white of the reindeer
showcases the purity of
Christmas, meanwhile the
trash bags with the homeless
man represents dirtiness. The
movement of the reindeers iis
opposite to the stagnacne of
the sleeping homeless man.
The reindeer look to be pulling
the bench like they do Santa’s
sleigh. There’s also sparkles
around the reindeer to
represent snow, which is
prominent during the
Christmas season.
Since its graffiti work, the art is
open to everyone to see so
people who have a home
during Christmas can realize
not everyone has a warm
home. Not everyone has the
resources to have an exciting
christmas.
The man on the bench is
homeless and doesn’t have
many belongings as they are
all within trash bags. The
homeless man being on the
bench compared to kids brings
awareness to the issues of
homelessness which isn't
joyful
Artwork Analysis 2
Artwork #: 3 Title: If Graffiti Changed Anything
Textual Element Observation Evidence (provide 2)

Form The statement is an example of The statement says that graffiti

situational irony because graffiti is
already illegal
would be illegal when it already
is an illegal form of art. It also
says that if graffiti changed
anything even though graffiti
has a major impact,
highlighting major global
issues.

Context Reference to political activist Emma Emma Goldman is a women’s

Goldman rights activist who stated, “If
voting ever changed anything,
it would be illegal” which is
similar to Banksy’s statement.
Since Banksy wrote it in graffiti
the work is available to
everyone, just like Goldman’s
speech is available to anyone
who wishes to listen.

Audience The work can be targeted toward The statement is very

people who don’t like graffiti.
controversial as it targets
people who don’t like graffiti
since it expresses the idea that
graffiti could change the world.
Bansky is already a
controversial artist, so marking
the statement with his iconic
rat tells people that he is
continuing to work for global
change.

Purpose Banksy looks to encourage more Banksy states that graffiti is

graffiti. important and can highlight
global issues so, he wishes for
more people to join the good
graffiti can bring. He knows
that graffiti is already illegal, so
if more people partake in
graffiti then it will be harder to
silence to work that graffiti
brings.

Summary statement: SKIP