‘Love Rat’ by Banksy (after), 2005

First in the Banksy Rat Pack series.

13.5 x 19.5 Inches

Limited Edition of 150 (#123/150)

This is an exact copy of the original edition released by Pictures on Walls in 2005. Same size, same edition number, stamped “Banksy” in red en verso on thick, fine art paper.



ABOUT THE ARTIST



Banksy’s career—filled with art world pranks and political activism—has produced a variety of posters showcasing the street artist’s wry sense of humor. Commissioned by Greenpeace to protest global deforestation, Banksy’s early poster Save or Delete (2002) features blindfolded characters from Disney’s The Jungle Book standing amidst a devastated landscape. In 2005, Banksy pranked The Museum of Modern Art by secretly installing a painting of a Tesco Value soup can (a spoof on Andy Warhol’s famous silkscreens of Campbell’s Soup Cans) in one of its galleries—a hoax that went unnoticed by the museum’s staff for six days and inspired a series of Tesco Value soup can posters years later. Collectible Banksy posters also include promotional prints for his exhibition “Barely Legal” in 2006, his takeover of the Bristol Museum in 2009, the release of his film Exit Through the Gift Shop in 2010, and his dystopian artist playground Dismaland in 2015.

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19.5 x 13.5 in