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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
Banksy Palestine Poster poster From the Banksy walled off hotel in Palestine
2nd edition poster from 2019 ( stamped receipt in red or green and price 50/80 NIS)
with stamp on the back
Not from the event at the Excel London, this one is gloss papar with stamp and receipt from the hotel .
Offset lithograph printed in colours
42 × 59cm
This work comes with a signature hotel stamp on lower left recto. Pest Control do not issue Certificates of Authenticity for this edition, but the authenticity of this poster is guaranteed by 727Gallery, and will included a receipt from the Banksy hotel in Palestine
