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BanksyVandalised oil # 001 2001 Oil and spray enamel on found canvas in artist's frame. 61.5 x 71.5 cm. (24 1/4 x 28 1/8 in). Signed with artist stenciled insignia 'BANKSY' lower right. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist. Exhibited London, Cargo Nightclub, Banksy 2001 Literature Banksy,,Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall, London, 2001 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay “If you want to survive as a graffiti writer when you go indoors I figured your only option is to carry on painting over things that don’t belong to you there either.” (The artist, quoted in Banksy,,Wall and Piece, London, 2006, p. 161) Read More Artist Bio Banksy British • 1975 - N/A Anonymous street artist Banksy first turned to graffiti as a miserable fourteen year old disillusioned with school. Inspired by the thriving graffiti community in his home city, Bristol, Banksy's works began appearing on trains and walls in 1993, and by 2001 his blocky, spray-painted works had cropped up all over the United Kingdom. Typically crafting his images with spray paint and cardboard stencils, Banksy is able to achieve a meticulous level of detail. His aesthetic is clean and instantly readable due to his knack for reducing complex political and social statements to simple visual elements. His graffiti, paintings and screenprints use whimsy and humour to satirically critique war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed — with not even the Royal family safe from his anti-establishment wit. View More Works