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Show Me The Monet (painting)
''Show Me the Monet'' is a 2005 oil on canvas painting by graffiti artist Banksy. The work is an appropriation of Claude Monet, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (Monet series), ''Water Lilies'' series. Banksy has appropriated Monet’s paintings to now depict a traffic cone and two shopping carts polluting and submerging into Fondation Monet in Giverny, Monet's pond at Giverny. The work is believed to be a commentary on the negative impacts of capitalism and consumerism within society. ''Show Me the Monet'' exists within Banksy’s ''Crude Oil'' series. The work was sold in October 2020 by Sotheby’s. The work was sold for £7.5 million. Analysis ''Show Me the Monet'' is a part of the series and exhibition ''Crude Oils'', an extremely rare segment of Banksy's body of work, as the canvas is entirely hand painted by him. The work was created during a period when Banksy had to remain indoors, in which he began oil painting, then adding his traditional environmental disruption learnt thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack. Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on. Much of his work can be classifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
