Banksy (1974) - Welcome Mat - Edition 500
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Banksy, Welcome Mat - Edition 500, a coir doormat with orange hand-stitched lettering made from life jacket fabric, 32 × 24 × 5 cm, edition 500, 2019, in excellent condition, unsigned.
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Banksy, Welcome Mat, 2019. Doormat issued for the opening of Gross Domestic Product, the artist's Croydon showroom, in October 2019. The orange lettering is hand-stitched into coir using fabric from life jackets abandoned on Mediterranean beaches, sewn by women in refugee camps in Greece for the NGO Love Welcomes.
Publisher: Gross Domestic Product, Croydon, with Love Welcomes; made in Greece
Material: coir, lettering stitched in recovered life jacket fabric
Shipping: flat in a rigid box, tracked and fully insured
About the artist
Banksy is an anonymous British artist who emerged from the Bristol graffiti scene in the 1990s and works mainly in stencil. His subjects are satirical: war, policing, consumption and the treatment of migrants. His projects outside the gallery system include Dismaland (2015), The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem (2017) and Gross Domestic Product in Croydon (2019).
Similar artists: Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Invader, JR, D*Face, Nick Walker, Faile, Stik
Banksy, Welcome Mat, 2019. Doormat issued for the opening of Gross Domestic Product, the artist's Croydon showroom, in October 2019. The orange lettering is hand-stitched into coir using fabric from life jackets abandoned on Mediterranean beaches, sewn by women in refugee camps in Greece for the NGO Love Welcomes.
Publisher: Gross Domestic Product, Croydon, with Love Welcomes; made in Greece
Material: coir, lettering stitched in recovered life jacket fabric
Shipping: flat in a rigid box, tracked and fully insured
About the artist
Banksy is an anonymous British artist who emerged from the Bristol graffiti scene in the 1990s and works mainly in stencil. His subjects are satirical: war, policing, consumption and the treatment of migrants. His projects outside the gallery system include Dismaland (2015), The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem (2017) and Gross Domestic Product in Croydon (2019).
Similar artists: Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Invader, JR, D*Face, Nick Walker, Faile, Stik
Details
Era
After 2000
Manufacturer/brand
Gross Domestic Product x Love Welcomes
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Style
Street art
Material
Coir, life jacket fabric
Artist
Banksy (1974)
Title of artwork
Welcome Mat - Edition 500
Signature
Not signed
Edition
500
Year
2019
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
24 cm
Width
32 cm
Depth
5 cm
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