Banksy Tesco Petrol Bomb

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Year: 2010
Size: 40 x 50 cm
Signature: Stamp Signed
Frame: Never Framed
Edition: edition 2000
Medium: Screen Print

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Banksy Tesco Petrol Bomb

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Short Description

Banksy (English, b. 1974) is a graffiti artist whose artwork has appeared

throughout London and other locations around the world. Bansky's artwork is

characterized by striking images, often combined with slogans. His work

regularly engages political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism,

hypocrisy and greed. Common subjects include rats, apes, policemen,

members of the royal family, and children. In addition to his two-dimensional

work, Banksy is known for his installation artwork. One of the most celebrated

of these pieces, which featured a live elephant painted with a Victorian

wallpaper pattern, sparked controversy among animal rights activists. He was

the subject of a 2010 documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop,

Banksy’s original

stenciled anti-war piece, Soldiers Painting Peace, became

prominent after it was displayed in a collection at the Tate Britain gallery in

London in 2007. The collection was a recreation of an artistic display outside of

the Houses of Parliament, which was confiscated for supposedly violating a law

against unauthorized protest within a certain distance of the building. In this

painting two soldiers dressed in battle gear warily look around as they conspire

to paint a peace sign on a wall. One is crouching down and holding a machine

gun, while the other is holding a brush that has been dipped into a can of red

paint and is working on completing the sign.

This satirical work by Banksy repudiates the repression of free speech that

often takes place when a nation is at war, in an effort to maintain the

appearance of consensus. In this work men who are armed with deadly

weapons fear for their lives, which highlights that repression in a society may

occur not only a physical but also an intellectual level. This is especially ironic

when the justification for the war is to spread liberty and democracy

Description

Banksy Banksy Tesco Value Petrol Bomb Print Original From Hamilton house Stokes Croft

Offset lithograph printed in colours

40 × 50 cm

This work comes with a signature stamp on lower right recto. Pest Control do not issue Certificates of Authenticity for this edition, but the authenticity of this poster is guaranteed by 727Gallery

 

Banksy Tesco Petrol Bomb Limited Print which was bought at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft in Bristol, in 2011.

The artist is Banksy, and this print is 1 of 2000 signed. 


A Homage to the 2011 Bristol Tesco riots where the people only wanted independent stores on Stokes Croft.