'Kids on Guns' by Banksy (after), 2020
From the unauthorized Banksy exhibit at Modern Contemporary Museum (MOCO), Amsterdam.
Based on Banksy's 'Kids on Guns' artwork from 2003.
8 x 31 Inches
Screen print on 7-ply Canadian Maple hardwood skate deck.
Limited Edition (Sold Out).
New in shrink wrap with Sk8 of the Art COA.

*Note: Skate Deck wall hangers sold separately.

ABOUT THE ART

The simplicity and severity of the color contrasts in Kids on Guns gives it both beauty and deeper meaning, making it one of the artist’s most somber visuals.

The viewer is immediately moved by the silhouettes of a young boy and a girl on top of a mountain made out of weapons. As they look at one another, she holds her red heart balloon as he holds a teddy bear. The appear to be find comfort and safety within each other, and there is hope that perhaps if adults could tap into and embracing the innocence and love children innately have for others, we might be able to overcome the current state of affairs that are marked by war, hatred, violence, and oppression.

On day 13 of Banksy’s residency in New-York, 'Better Out Than In', the artist set up a stall in Central Park where an unassuming trader sold his paintings to passing tourists. Film footage shows Banksy’s immediately recognizable black and white stenciled canvases stacked on a trestle table or suspended on the stall’s makeshift metal framework. Variations of Heavy Weaponry, Laugh Now and Love Is In the Air jostled for space with new works including one with a discount store label stencil announcing the price of each work as $60.

The following day the event was documented on the artist’s website: “Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each.”