《裁核運動軍人》被廣泛認為是班克斯最著名的反戰作品,其獨特的構圖充分展示了藝術家的反建制性風趣和黑色幽默感。此次拍品的原塗鴉於2003年首次出現在英國倫敦國議會的對面,後來被當局清除。當時,藝術家藉此作參與了英國和平運動家 Brian Haw 所發起反對英國介入伊拉克的長期抗議中——這是一場受數百萬人支持的抗議運動。
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.