2021年5月15日 · Gangsta Rat combines spray-paint and black and white stenciling techniques. It depicts a black and white rat wearing a New York Mets baseball cap, a chain necklace, and carrying a ghetto blaster. The character portrayed is reminiscent of the New York underground style that was prevalent across 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. Combining 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.

Gangsta Rat is a character of Banksy’s which has made several appearances; the first one being at a corner of the Moorsfield Eye Hospital in London in 2006. Once the hospital realized it was a Banksy work, it was covered up to pre-empt any damage or theft.

2021年4月16日 · Gangsta Rat is one of the most iconic Banksy Rats. He has been the subject of a screen-print on paper, released in 2004 in various colorways, as well as many originals. It depicts a black and white rat wearing a New York Mets baseball cap, a chain necklace, and carrying a boombox.

2023年6月5日 · Gangsta Rat, wearing a New York Mets baseball cap, a chain necklace and a boom box, is a homage to the urban art and music scene that was fashionable in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. The tag behind it, ‘iPOW’, references Apple’s i-products, but POW stands for Banksy’s older printers, Pictures on Walls.

2021年4月13日 · Animated and satirical, Banksy’s Gangsta Rat Peace, 2007, exemplifies the allusive artist’s dedication to social commentary and refined graffiti practice. Originally from Bristol, England, the street artist began utilizing stencils in 2000 as a means of quick reproduction to escape authorities while vandalizing the streets of London.

Banksy’s ‘Gangsta Rat’ was first spotted w at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London in 2006. The rat, who is indeed looking rather ‘gangster’ with his chain and baseball cap symbolizes the society as it went from innocent looking to a "gangsta"type of looking by making the society worse.

2024年4月28日 · This acrylic work, produced in 2006, presents the Gangsta Rat, a recurrent Banksy archetype, etched against a backdrop of an anarchy symbol in an unexpected bubblegum pink. The rat, depicted in a stark black, is accessorised with a New York Mets cap and a chain, exuding an air of indifference.

From Castle Gallery Ltd, Banksy, Gangsta Rat (2005), Screen print on paper, 50 × 35 cm

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