At first glance, the seer is fooled that the pioneering French painter Claude Monet's painting "The Pool of Water Lilies in Giverny" has been hit by something, but a closer look reveals that the painting in question is not Monet's painting but similar to it, and that the shopping carts thrown in the pool of water next to the cone used to regulate traffic are nothing but a new satirical objection letter from the controversial painter Banksy.
French impressionist painter Claude Monet lived from 1840 to 1926, painting his famous 1899 painting The Pool of Water Lilies in Giverny, Claude Monet's most iconic piece of art before Banksy used it as material in one of his most controversial works.
What did Banksy want?
As one of the most mysterious, unique and renowned contemporary artists in the art world with his controversial works, Banksy evokes the late Claude Monet, as one of nature's most iconic painters, borrowing his famous painting in its entirety and then adding elements that have become a message of protest against climate change, environmental issues and the values of contemporary consumer society.
Environmental pollution and contemporary urban society have been so spilled over and tampered with nature that it cannot be tolerated or tolerated, in the words of historian Helen Holmes, yet the acquisition of beautiful and expensive landscape paintings remains an attractive investment area for many investors and entrepreneurs.
As for Banksy, according to the Irish Times, preserving the environment is more desperate than preserving landscape paintings in museums behind bulletproof glass panels in very delicate and delicate conditions. The environment and real nature are more precious than the painted nature.
Giverny-Lemonet Water Lily Garden Painting (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Banksy's creativity in his unique work Aroni Monet is what Hegel calls the "humanization of art", in which he declares that the message of art is human and not just aesthetic. Monet's repainting was a revolutionary commentary on the negative effects of capitalism and consumerism within a society that grinds nature.
Indeed, Banksy has sparked a lot of heated debate inside the auction hall, and then into the art world. Some critics, such as Forbes' Carly Porterfield, have argued that the painting is a statement against the highly commercial art industry, and even shows the potential of art to disrupt and challenge and convey a message beyond any market.
The German critic Ulrich Blanche, in his book Banksy: Urban Art in a Material World, argues that the title itself shines like a two-sided coin: Banksy replaced the phrase "show me money" famous in Western cinema with the phrase "Show me Monet", as a scathing critique of the bourgeois capitalist institution "Galerie" and its crude methodology of "commodification" of works of art, such as those of Monet and others, as the influence of these arts has been reduced to a purely decorative form. These works have been reduced to a product led by a capitalist consumer society.
Lack of originality
Another group of critics argues that the work is not an original creation, but a replica of Claude Monet's painting, even if Banksy's work included revolutionary modifications, the piece lacked originality, and the revolutionary message contained in the painting against the policies of capitalism bounced against Banksy himself.
Arne Monet's painting by Banksy (The Guardian)
He sold the work for £7.5m at Sotheby's auction, and is known for his anti-capitalist stance, and that selling his work goes against his political message. Banksy's art emerged from the street, and selling his artwork for millions of dollars brings art into the world of commercialization, which again contradicts his political ideology; his work is known for its revolutionary provocative messages, often criticizing and even exposing the flaws of society, but his new work lacks such a message and is less influential than his others.