“My inspirations...”
“Banksy pushed me, like Forrest Gump being told ‘Run, Forrest, run’ and three years later, I keep running”. - MBW
stephen fairey
“He was like a big adventure, every night we were going on top of buildings ... was dangerous” MBW
“ I thought it was really nice to put some stuff that you love, something that you want to express yourself and put it outside and people can see”. - MBW
INVADER
“There are things that happen in your life and you just have to be positive about it... you don’t calculate for it, things happen and you keep going.” - MBW
Don’t Be Cruel
-“This is why I call myself Mr Brainwash”
“Mr Brainwash’s art is so bad it’s good. It is kitsch multiplied by twenty!” - Artlyst
“I used to think that everyone was just being funny but now I don’t know...
... I mean, how can you tell?� - Andy Warhol
“I like to build”
“It’s only the beginning of me, I’m not going to stop”.
Thierry Guetta, also known as Mr. Brainwash, is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and Pop artist. He has spent the better part of the last decade attempting to make the ultimate street art documentary. Meanwhile, inspired by his subjects, he started hitting the streets, from Los Angeles to Paris, with spray painted stencils and posters of his pop art inspired images.