The ''Flower Thrower'', ''Flower Bomber'', ''Rage'', or ''Love is in the Air'' is a 2003
stencil mural in
Beit Sahour
Beit Sahour or Beit Sahur ( ar, بيت ساحور pronounced ; Palestine grid 170/123) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian town east of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine. The city is under the administration of the ...
in the
West Bank by the graffiti artist
Banksy, depicting a masked man throwing a bunch of flowers.
[Enrico Bonadio & Olivia Jean-Baptiste]
Banksy’s Battle with Trade Mark Law: the ‘Flower Thrower’ Case
NUART JOURNAL 2021 VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 22–27 It is considered one of Banksy's most iconic works; the image has been widely replicated.
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It was inspired by images of 1960s protests, such as Bruno Barbey photograph of the May 68 protests in France (e.g. his photograph of Boulevard Saint-Germain, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. May 6, 1968).
An earlier version was originally drawn by Banksy in 1999 and presented at his first exhibition in 2000.
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Studio Release
Flower Thrower was released as a screenprint edition of 150 signed versions and 600 unsigned versions by the publishers Pictures on Walls in 2003. The work features the motif of the masked man set on a red background.
The motif was also used overlaid against a red CCCP text in 2003 in an edition of 8 to 10 known as CCCP Love is in the Air. On the 13th of July 2023, an example of CCCP Love Is In The Air sold for £53,340 at the "New Now" auction Phillips
Phillips may refer to:
Businesses Energy
* Chevron Phillips Chemical, American petrochemical firm jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66.
* ConocoPhillips, American energy company
* Phillips 66, American energy company
* Phil ...
auction house, London.
See also
* List of works by Banksy
References
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2000s murals
2007 paintings
Works by Banksy