Exit through the gift shop.

Theirry is an artist but is alter ego Mister Brain Wash is not an artist.  Mister Brain Wash is imitating what he has seen other artists do.  Mister Brain Wash succeeded in brainwashing everyone.  He brainwashed the artists that he was friends with, such as Banksy, he brainwashed the promoters and the people building his show, he even brainwashed the people who came to see his show. Theirry loves art so much, he has such a profound appreciation for art and that love for art MAKES Theirry a kind of artist.  Mister Brain Wash is just worried about money and fame and his connections so that the world will name him "artist"  I believe if one is really an artist then one does not need the recognition from anyone else.

I did not understand how he got this money to produce ALL of the artwork, pay the people working for him,  rent out the space for the show.  I'm not sure if he was banking on the fact that his show would give him back the money he invested plus some profit, or he just had a lot of money to blow.

What does he do?! Nothing.  He employs people to do every aspect of his work, the graphic designers change the pictures to MBW's liking, he employs people to build his sculptures, he even employs people to put up his artwork, and MBW is not even there to tell these people where to place/hang his artwork.  MBW is in an interview, not even caring that his show has not come together yet on the actual day of his show.

Banksy does not really like Theirry's work.  He infers that it is meaningless and trivial.  Banksy was very disappointed that Theirry did not take the time to explore himself as an artist, and he also took advantage of his friendship with Banksy (and Shepard Fairy for that matter) and exploited it for more recognition from MBW (himself).  Theirry used Bansky and Fairy's names and reputations to promote his own show and completely misused his relationship with both of them.

Banksy talked about how a great artist, Warhol, made "celebrity" null, void, and insignificant.  And for Warhol (who was renowned already) this was a big feat.  But with MBW doing the same thing, it's like a big joke.  When Warhol created his art it was original and groundbreaking, MBW just copied and mass produced what he saw from the street artists.  Andy Warhol is an artist, Warhol's work represents an era, a time and place that can not be recreated.  When comparing Warhol to MBW, it reminds me of when a pop star from today's music does a cover of a song from the 70s or 80s. It becomes irrelevant to its society.  MBW did a horrible job at portraying what street art is, MBW does not understand art and is misusing art itself.  With time Theirry may understand himself as a artist and with that create something that actually has some source of meaning or hard work.