The quality of the enigmatic street artist’s murals veers wildly: from self-satisfied satirical statements to truly funny political provocations. Our art critic rates his pieces, from worst to best
The quality of the enigmatic street artist’s murals veers wildly: from self-satisfied satirical statements to truly funny political provocations. Our critic rates his pieces, from worst to best
One of Banksy’s best-known but emptiest artworks, this mural that first appeared on London’s South Bank in 2002 is the 21st century answer to John Everett Millais’ gooey Victorian painting Bubbles, which was used as an advert for Pear’s Soap. The heart-shaped balloon floats away. The little girl is sad.
If Monet was around now, right, his waterlily pond would be heaving with rubbish, yeah? And that’s how Banksy has painted it. A horrible matted version of a Monet painting with shopping trolleys and a traffic cone in the water. Is it satirising water pollution or mocking Monet for being a soppy French toff? Either way it’s kind of stupid.
Banksy shows off his artistic skills, usually quite well hidden, in this mural in Paris. He does a competent rendering of Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps, putting real detail into Bonaparte’s rearing horse and his swathing robe. Even Banksy, it seems, can’t resist the cultural spell of Paris.
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