Bomb
Love

Bomb Love skilfully highlights the contrast of two seemingly opposed subjects – the young girl representing innocence and purity, and the bomb symbolising war and violence. The image’s power lies in the anxiety it provokes in the viewer, depicting a child holding a deadly weapon, which might explode at any minute.

Banksy is known for his satirical criticism of the military, and the polyvalence of his works. The juxtaposition of subjects is also a central motif in Banksy’s work, often used to contrast and reject the violence of war, as in Have a Nice Day or Flying Copper – in which he portrays soldiers with yellow smiley faces, or Happy Choppers, a cartoon-like work showing military helicopters festooned in girly pink bows.

Bomb Love highlights society’s numbness to warfare, which leads many to carry on their daily lives as millions of bombs and weapons are manufactured in our factories and sold to oppressive regimes. Here warfare is represented as an innocent game without consequence – equated to a harmless toy. Banksy’s message is clear – the girl's expression is not of fear, she is smiling. Through this work Banksy is addressing his public, hoping to prompt a reaction that challenges those politicians who portray warfare in a positive light, attempting to justify its worthiness as a necessary means to peace.

Why we love Bomb Love... ‘This is a more complex image than it might seem at first. As well as being critical of war, one could interpret Bomb Hugger as a signifier of the power of love, a message that love can overwhelm hatred and thus prevail over war, if only the explosive can be disarmed by the little girl's loving embrace.’ - Joe Syer

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