5 Most Expensive Banksy Art Pieces

one. Banksy's piece entitled "Picnic" was sold to American actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt for $226,000. The artwork depicts a white household enjoying a pleasant picnic though remaining oblivious to the compact crowd of starving Africans encircling them. Standard of Banksy's trademark sarcastic political statements, this piece exemplifies a great deal of what Banksy's art seems to be striving to communicate. The piece is loosely primarily based off of the classic Manet painting entitled, "The Picnic, or (Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe) and utilizes the apparent contrast in the two main components as a method to satirize the inequality in earnings across the globe and the frequently racial motivations behind that inequality.

2. Due to the unconventional nature of Banksy's art, the auctioning of his art frequently comes coupled with the auction of the house attached to it. In one of the much more notable of these circumstances was the $400,000 sale of a house, in southwest England. The mural on the wall of the house supplied, courtesy of Banksy, was value most of the cost of the whole sale. The owners sold the house in 2007 via the Red Propeller art gallery. The owners had been initially distressed that several of the potential purchasers would want to eliminate the mural so the sale to the art gallery was an all about excellent move; resulting in the preservation of the piece as nicely as a decent chunk of money for the former owners.

three. The highest asking value for a Banksy piece so far has come from a couple promoting a mobile property in Norfolk, UK. The couple had met Banksy at a music festival more than a decade ago, prior to Banksy was something other than "just yet another tagger", and permitted him to use their mobile property as a canvas which as left them with a piece of art carrying a cost that was formerly unimaginable to the couple. The owners decided to sell their residence for $one particular million since they believed that they had been not capable of becoming accountable for such a work of art.

4. The purchaser of a Banksy work that appeared on the wall of a London man's garage for the meager value of $2,000 paid off nicely. The purchaser spent an more $60,000 for the cautious removal of the mural that may possibly now be value as considerably as $600,000.

five. Most lately, a Banksy mural sold for more than $400,000 in an eBay.com auction in January of 2008. The piece, which depicts a painter, his colour pallet, and his box of supplies as he is painting the name "Banksy" in red graffiti, was painted on the side of a creating on Portobello Road in London.

Lately, there has been concern amongst several of his fans as to how the prospective unmasking of the mysterious Banksy would have an effect on his sales and the all round reputation of his work. Would collectors nevertheless spend as substantially for his work if he did not remain anonymous? We could never uncover out for positive; Banksy has clearly expressed his self-assurance in his capacity to hide his identity, and he plans to do just that.

Mike Hackney writes for iCanvasArt.com - Locate Banksy Prints and Banksy Canvas Art