Banksy artwork

1.

Name: Ghetto for life

Context: Made in South Bronx, New York, in October 2013 during his residency series "Better Out Than In"(when banksy made a new piece of artwork every day for 31 days somewhere in New York)

2.

Name: God Bless Birmingham

Context: Made December 2019 in the Jewelry quarter of Birmingham , England, highlighting the homeless crisis.

3.

Name: If Graffiti Changed Anything

Context: Appeared in 2011 in London and is a reference to the quote “If voting changed anything it would be illegal”. The rat is also a reference to his inspiration Bled le Rat who is an artist.

4.

Name: Choose Your Weapon

Context: Made in 2010 off the wall of The Grange pub in Bermondsey (a classic independent neighborhood pub and budget-friendly inn) in southern London. It comments on contemporary British urban culture and paying tribute to American artist Keith Haring(American artist and activist who died in 1990)

5.

Name: Falling Shopper

Context: Made in 2011 on the side of an office building in Mayfair London (one of London's major and most exclusive shopping districts). Shows capitalism and consumerism.

6.

Name: Cameraman and Flower

Context: Made in 2010 in Park City Landmark in the state of Utah. It has been protected by a glass frame so it doesn’t get vandalized. It critiques how society destroys beauty in an attempt to preserve it.

7.

Name: The Girl and the Balloon

Context: Painted in 2002 at Waterloo bridge in London it also comes with the phrase(though not shown in the image) “there is always hope”. As well it was Auctioned but after being sold it was shredded on the spot and ended up in a bin(trash) later named love is in the bin. There is also a reworked image with a scarf over the girls head to discuss the Syria refuguee campaign(2014).

8.

Name: Painting of Saints

Context: A tribute to health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was sent to Southampton General Hospital in May 2020 in England.

9.

Name: Sirens of the lambs

Context: Made in 2013 it featured a mobile “Farm Fresh Meats” delivery truck packed with 60 animatronic stuffed animals squealing. A play on words for Silence of the Lambs which is a horror movie. This truck was roaming around New york’s Meat packing District.

10.

Name: The Son of a Migrant from Syria

Context: This art piece was painted in the “jungle” of a French refugee camp in Calais France in 2015. The person painted is Steve Jobs which is Apple’s co founder who was a son from a Migrant but was adopted into a white family. The point of this was to show that migrants don’t drain a nation’s resource.

11.

Name: Show Me the Monet

Context: Uses allusion to reference the artwork “Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies." which is an artwork from Monet. It was made October 21, 2020 which went up for auction in Sothbey’s London.

12.

Name: The season’s greetings

Context: This art piece was made in 2018 in port Talbot in Wales. The specific area was made by the UK’s largest steelworks plant. One side shows a bin on fire and the other side shows a little kid who is playing in the snow(except he is really just playing in the ash from the fire).

13.

Name: Graffiti Removal

Context: This art was made in 2006 in Pentonville Road in Islington, London.

14.

Name: Don’t Forget Your Scarf

Context: 2009 artwork Don't Forget Your Scarf, Dear (also known as Punk Mom) depicts a middle-aged mother adjusting a bright red scarf on her punk son, who holds an anarchist flag (originally featured as part of the 2009 Banksy vs. Bristol Museum exhibition in Bristol, UK

15.

Name: No Trespassing

Context: This was made in 2010 of April in 2140 Mission Street (at Sycamore Street) in San Francisco's Mission District. An actual sign was used showing found object.

16.

Name: Banksy Rug

Context: This was part of the GDP(gross domestic product store) of October 2019 which was in 12-20 Crown Hill (on the corner of Church Street and Frith Road) in Croydon, South London, England. The tiger in the project is a popular character from a cereal box with rotten teeth, he is also turned into a tiger pelt.

17.

Name: Banksy Baby Mobile

Context: This art was made to be in the GDP store made in October 2019 in South London. It’s supposed to symbolize modern surveillance culture and overprotective parenting.

18.

Name: The Hand That Feeds

Context: This was made in June of 2018 in Paris. In the picture is a man holding a saw behind his back holding a bone which a dog is reaching for(example of power structures).