post #9

Banksy's Mona Lisa

 This piece of art is made by Banksy and is postmodern graffiti. This exhibits the Mona Lisa holding a missile launcher. She is clearly out of her original elements here. I see several postmodern visual strategies in this picture. One of them is juxtaposition, the Mona Lisa traditionally has nothing to do with weapons and graffiti. Another strategy is re-contextualization, the Mona Lisa in this case is the image that is familiar  to us. Hybridity is also incorporated with this picture. This is so, because there is cultural blending between old and new forms of art.