Banksy Welcome Mat Gross Domestic Product

£2,800.00
In stock
Only 10 left
Year: 2020
Size: 24 2/5 × 16 1/2 in 62 × 42 cm
Signature: Unsigned
Frame: Unframed
Edition: Open Edition
Medium: Other

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Banksy

Welcome Mat, 2020

Hand-stitched mat in fabric repurposed from life vests abandoned on Mediterranean beaches

24 2/5 × 16 1/2 in

62 × 42 cm

Availability: In stock

£2,800.00

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Banksy

Welcome Mat, 2020

19XX

Hand-stitched mat in fabric repurposed from life vests abandoned on Mediterranean beaches

24 2/5 × 16 1/2 in

62 × 42 cm

Description

Banksy Welcome Mat Gross Domestic Product Fabricated at Greek refugee camps in collaboration with Love Welcomes, London, produced by Gross Domestic Product, London, with their numbered label attached, overall 62 x 42cmWhether 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.Banksy