Banksy - Banksy: Who's Laughing Now? Hong Kong Thursday, December 6, 2018 | Phillips

Banksy: Who's Laughing Now?

Hong Kong Selling Exhibition 17 November - 7 December 2018

  • Provenance

    Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
    Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2017, lot 256
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Banksy

    British • 1975 - N/A

    Anonymous street artist Banksy first turned to graffiti as a miserable fourteen year old disillusioned with school. Inspired by the thriving graffiti community in his home city, Bristol, Banksy's works began appearing on trains and walls in 1993, and by 2001 his blocky, spray-painted works had cropped up all over the United Kingdom. Typically crafting his images with spray paint and cardboard stencils, Banksy is able to achieve a meticulous level of detail. His aesthetic is clean and instantly readable due to his knack for reducing complex political and social statements to simple visual elements.

    His graffiti, paintings and screenprints use whimsy and humour to satirically critique war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed — with not even the Royal family safe from his anti-establishment wit.

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Banksy

Avon & Somerset Constanbulary (Pink)

2000
Acrylic and stencil spray paint on canvas
76 x 76 x 4.5 cm (29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Dated and numbered 4/10 in black ink, with the artist's barcode inkstamp all on the stretcher verso, with the accompanying certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control.

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Banksy: Who's Laughing Now?

Hong Kong Selling Exhibition 17 November - 7 December 2018