Silkscreen in colors. Signed, dated and numbered. Once more signed in printing plate. From an edition of 300 copies. On Somerset wove paper (with watermark). 50.8 x 71 cm. Sheet: 56,3 x 75,8 cm.
Published by Pictures On Walls Printmaking, London (with the blindstamp). [AR].

• Humorous take on the art market by the street artist Banksy.
• His messages are often political, anti-capitalist and comments on current events.
• From the streets of England, he set out to conquer the world with his unmistakable style.
• Banksy prints regularly fetch top prices on the international art market (source: artprice.com)..
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Pest Control Office in 2013.

Private collection Southern Germany

The work "Morons" by street artist Banksy is based on a historic moment in the auction industry. On March 30, 1987, Christie's London auctioned van Gogh's "Sunflowers" for a record price of more than 20 million pounds. Banksy's version of this scenario shows a hall filled with collectors in front of the auctioneer's desk, the auction in full swing. But instead of the sunflowers in a golden frame, there is just a text in capital letters: "I can't believe you morons actually buy this shit." In Banksy's version, this slight manipulation turns the auction into a humorous parody of the art market. The messages in his works are often political, anti-capitalist and should be understood as a commentary on current events. Despite everything, or perhaps because of his critical attitude, his works are now in great demand on the international auction market and his prints regularly achieve new record prices. The best example of Banksy's public recognition is the stencil of a rat playing with ball, which was "stolen" along with the supporting piece of wall and reappeared on Ebay - residents of the London area protested the loss of the cherished graffiti fiercely. Banksy's stencil art is subversive, humorous, critical and ironic - the same applies to his other art actions, for example when he secretly places a banner with the inscription "We are bored of eating fish" in the penguins' cages in the London Zoological Garden. His "museum smuggling" is also particularly telling: he unnoticedly hangs his own pictures in the world's most renowned collections. For example, he put up a variant of the "Mona Lisa" (with a smiley face) in the Louvre in Paris, or a Tesco tomato soup can as a parody of Andy Warhol's Campbell's can in the Museum of Modern Art. Even if the identity of the street Art artist still is one huge mystery, his works have long since became part of the visual memory of an entire generation. From the streets of England, he has conquered the world with his unmistakable style and is the most famous street artist of our time. [AR]