![]() ![]() These were limited to 46 pink, 8 mint green, 20 green, 61 orange, 61 blue and 61 grey for special VIP collectors for Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare. In 2015, the artist re-released some rare colourways. ![]() The rat appears to have tagged ‘iPow’ on the wall behind him in spray paint, an ironic commentary on the ubiquity of Apple products while POW is a reference to the artist's print publisher: Pictures on Walls.īanksy initially released Gangsta Rat in the red colourway with 150 signed prints and 350 unsigned prints. The character portrayed is reminiscent of the New York underground style, popular in the UK in the 1980s and 90s. Banksy’s Gangsta Rat, first editioned in 2004, features one of his most frequently employed and easily recognisable motifs.Ĭombining spray-paint and monochrome stencilling techniques, this Bansky print depicts a black and white rat wearing a New York Mets baseball cap, a chain necklace, and carrying a ghetto blaster.
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