Some artists shrug off fame and notoriety for various reasons, oftentimes attracting attention through their attempts at obscurity. Check out these docs featuring various reclusive artists.
“Exit Through the Gift Shop” (2010)
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation. This film tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results.
“Finding Vivian Maier” (2014)
Now considered one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Vivian’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed in this documentary.
“Resurrect Dead” (2012)
For decades, mysterious messages in the form of colorful ’tiles’ have appeared, pasted on the streets of major cities up and down the western hemisphere. Justin Duerr, long obsessed with the tiles, has begun a quest to unearth both their origins and meaning.
