Miniature concrete souvenir sculpture, hand painted by local artists ‘Walled Off Hotel – Five-Part Souvenir Wall Section (Girl With Balloons), hand-painted resin sculpture with West Bank Separation Wall base; 11.5cm tall inc base
Banksy is perhaps the best-known graffiti artist working in Britain today, and his influence extends far beyond the urban environment. His stencils, often political, and underlined with humour, adorn walls from London to Barcelona. His most memorable stunts, or interventions, include hanging one of his paintings at Tate Britain (which went undetected for hours) and mounting a stuffed rat at London’s Natural History Museum. Although most of his work pokes fun at royalty or religion, perhaps his most interesting work has been in the anti-war vein.