ARTIST PROFILE
More info: Red Eight Gallery
Bio
From Bristol in the west of England, UK he needs no introduction. Whether plastering cities with his trademark parachuting rat, painting imagined openings in the West Bank barrier in Israel, or stenciling “We’re bored of fish” above a penguins’ zoo enclosure, Banksy creates street art with an irreverent wit and an international reputation that precedes his anonymous identity. “TV has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting,” he says, “but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.”
Banksy has gained his notoriety through a range of urban interventions, from modifying street signs and printing his own currency to illegally hanging his own works in institutions such as the Louvre and the Museum of Modern Art. Most often using spray paint and stencils, Banksy has crafted a signature, immediately identifiable graphic style—and a recurring cast of cops, soldiers, children, and celebrities—through which he critically examines contemporary issues of consumerism, political authority, terrorism, and the status of art and its display.
THIS IS A RARE WORK
Category: artwork
Media: Limited edition screen print from an edition of 500 released in 2004 by POW with accompanying COA from Pest Control - 70cm x 70cm
Started on: 2 June 2021, 18:00 UTC-0
Initial price: 13.33 ETH
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