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Gangsta Rat - Mixed Media by Banksy 2004 - MyArtBroker

Gangsta Rat
Mixed Media

Banksy

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Medium: Mixed Media

Format: Mixed Media

Year: 2004

Size: H 41cm x W 30cm

Edition size: 25

Signed: No

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"Bird With Grenade" is an unsigned, mixed media artwork by the acclaimed artist, Banksy. Created in 2002, this rare piece is estimated to be worth between £310,000 to £460,000. With only one sale at auction to date in the United Kingdom on 21st October 2008, it remains a coveted piece for collectors. Despite no sales in the last five years, the artwork's value continues to be recognised. The edition size of this artwork is limited to just 5, adding to its exclusivity.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2017Bonhams New Bond Street - United KingdomGangsta Rat - Mixed Media
October 2007Sotheby's Online - United KingdomGangsta Rat - Mixed Media

Meaning & Analysis

Using a stencil, Banksy depicts an anthropomorphised rat that takes on the appearance of a New York gangsta. The rat is rendered in black spray paint wearing a sideways New York Mets baseball cap with a chain around its neck and carrying a boombox. The rat stares out of the composition and to its right is a large exclamation mark. The dripping spray paint implies that the rat has just graffitied the exclamation mark on the canvas.

Rats have become an important visual motif that recur throughout Banksy’s artworks. The rodent has become an allegorical tool for the artist to present the flaws and vices of humans, as well as stand in solidarity with people who are treated like vermin. By making rats the subject of his spray paints, Banksy gives a voice to those who are underrepresented in capitalist society and struggle in the 21st century’s proverbial ‘rat race’.

Banksy is an anonymous artist and produces many of his street murals at night so as to avoid being seen by members of the public, as well as being caught by the police, as his public artworks are created illegally. The lawless nature of Banksy’s artistic career means that artist identifies with rats on a personal level. Like rats, graffiti artists appear at night and are considered nuisances by much of society.

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