exit through the gift shop

It's the best documentary I have seen up to now. It's about a guy who shoots videos as a hobby and decides to make a documentary about graffiti artists. He sought for the most elusive and mysterious graffiti artist out there, Banksy. When he finally has the opportunity to shoot Banksy, the pseudo filmmaker becomes a graffiti artist himself. He finds success and is considered to be reckoned with in the Art world. It's such a brilliant documentary because it raises the question what is art? Is it art because there is so much hype about the work or is their talent behind the creations. After the documentary, I questioned Banksy's exhibition in L.A. a few years back. It was a strange art show because he is well known as a stencil graffiti artist, yet he had sculptures to paintings galore. I thought it was a joke because I didn't believe him to be a fine artist. I consider graffiti artists as rebels of the art world. I can go on and on about this documentary because it raises more questions than answers about Banksy. Either way, try to catch it one of these free week nights when your looking to be amused. Oh, btw, I saw it at a Landmark movie theatre and I fell in luv with that place. They have couches as movie seats and it felt like I was watching it at home amongst other strangers. Note to self, more movie watching in a Landmark movie theatre.

facehunter @ lead apron

I heart fashion blogs, and so does my sister. She found out Facehunter (Yvan Rodic) is doing a book tour in North America and is making a stop in Los Angeles. Of course we jumped up to the opportunity to meet Facehunter and maybe purchase his book. His book signing was at Melrose Place. It was in this cute bookstore, Lead Apron. They mostly sell expensive hard to find art/coffee books. The price tags on these books were cha ching expensive! I went off on a tangent once again, so yes we met the Facehunter. One thing that surprises me about Facehunter is he dresses classic chic', in contrast to the people he photographs. Also, he was intrigued about people who follow his blog. He didn't even want to talk about the blog or book. He was asking us what we do for a living, what nationality we are and even asked how are day was. Swiss people are so nice. Anywhoo, my sister was the one who purchased the book because I'm not into buying books about fashion, though I luv perusing his blog. I must say, it's made with LOVE. The hard cover and inside binding impressed me, in contrast to the Sartorialist book. The Sarts' book is pathetic looking. Anywhoo, the quote he wrote on the book is referring to the size of his camera. His minolta was just innocently right next to him and I asked him if that is the camera he uses to capture street style and he said "Yes". We were aghast how small it was since the majority of these fashion bloggers photograph with Nikons or Canons. It's not even an SLR! Truth be told, it's not the equipment, it's the eye; and so, He wrote "Size doesn't matter!". What a funny Swiss.