Mr. Brainwash - From Camera to Street Art

“If you let it exist, it becomes art. People see it, and live it.“ Mr Brainwash says in front of a 3 meter Mickey Mouse carrying a bucket of pink paint. Art is to make it exist: the writing behind the Disney icon still looks fresh. Thierry Guetta’s hands, aka Mr Brainwash are all sprayed with pink and blue. His 15000 square meters of gallery in the heart of Meat Packing district (Mr Brainwash Icons Remix Exhibit) are a carousel of colours and celebrities. A huge Picasso hangs over the entrance of the industrial space. No reference to the name of the gallery, just a brush stroke in block capitals: Mr Brainwash Presents Icons. There are Woody Allen, the Kiss, Mick Jagger, Salvador Dalì, Kate Moss... A pop symposium which reminds of Andy Warhol, where among rock stars and supermodels, actors and artists, Mr Brainwash pays tribute to the undisputed queen of his Icons: Madonna. “When her manager asked me to create the cover for her latest album, I started working