Artwork details

Artist

Banksy

Title

Cans Festival (Offset Lithograph)

Description

2008

70 x 49.5 cm

Offset Lithograph

Banksy's Cans Festival (Offset Lithograph) combines a monochrome cowgirl astride an oversized spray can with a vivid splash of pink paint. The diagonal can and reclining pose create a lively contrast with the block lettering below. Its stencilled figures, distressed typography and paint drips bring the visual language of street art into a bold poster composition.

All works are supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Dovehouse Contemporary.

Date

2008

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Edition

Limited

Signature

Unsigned

Sheet

70 x 49.5 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

Banksy

Bristol-born graffitist Banksy is the most famous and infamous street artist in the world. Despite the fact that he doesn’t create any work for the public to buy, or any pieces that can be displayed in a gallery, he is loved throughout the world for his spray on pieces of social commentary and taboo-busting images. Banksy’s true identity remains a secret and he prefer to stay in the shadows rather than take the acclaim for his work. He started using his trademark stencils as a way to create a piece quicker and so reduce the chances of being caught by the police. His works are displayed on walls, streets and bridges across his home town of Bristol and at other selected locations across the world. Fans have been known to try and take down walls, so they can own an original Banksy. A product of the British underground street scene of the 1990s, Banksy’s work is often darkly humorous, satirical and mocks the establishment. Some commentators have compared him to Blek le Rat, a French graffiti artist. Banksy himself says Bristol-based graffiti artist 3D was his original inspiration. In 2010 he directed a documentary film called ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’, about a man obsessed with street art.