Happy Choppers first appeared in 2002 as an urban street art piece in Central London at the Whitecross Street Market.
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—broad social cartooning rendered with the graphic bang of an indie concert poster." Lauren Collins, "Banksy Was Here," The New Yorker, 14 May 2007
Banksy Happy Choppers
Edition: 750 (150 Signed, 600 Unsigned)
Some numbered out of 150 some numbered out of 750
Artist Proofs: 33
Details: 2003, Screen print, 70 x 50 cm
Signature: Signature and numbering on the right and signed on the right and numbering on the left
Comments: Released in 2003 from Santa's Ghetto and then at POW