Pulp Fiction Banksy

Banksy, Pulp Fiction, unsigned screenprint edition of 600, 2004

In 2004, Banksy released Pulp Fiction has an unsigned edition of 600, it is a bold and striking black and white piece clearly informed by the neo-noir nature of Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult film. The artwork shows Pulp Fiction actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson pointing bright yellow bananas at an out of shot antagonist. Of course in the film they were guns, and with his interpretation Banksy is evidently making his anti-gun and anti-violence opinion clear using popular culture and American cult film as a vehicle. Pulp Fiction the film is well known for its over the top violence, as is typical of Tarantino, and perhaps with this piece, Banksy is commenting on just how ridiculous that in itself was.