班克斯

Executed in 2002, this work is number 3 from an edition of 15.

倫敦，Lazarides畫廊
現藏者購自上述來源

This work is in good condition overall. There are signs of fine stable craquelure across the black painted area. Under UV, there is evidence of scattered small spots of restoration: to the right of the stencil signature and along the upper and bottom edges of the work.
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班克斯廣受認定為當今世上最有名的街頭藝術家，其作品中大部分以畫布為媒材。他筆下的尖酸黑色幽默，配合反映都市生活美學及創作意圖，令他一舉成名。除了由流行樂隊Blur委託創作的《智囊團》金屬板系列，充滿代表性的鏤空模板噴畫作品亦讓藏家趨之若鶩。

本作《做自己》展示班克斯最受歡迎的代表圖象，畫中的黑猩猩化身為掛上夾板廣告牌的弱勢社群人士，惹人憐愛，看似渺小卻又具破壞性，有能力煽動社會改革。班克斯筆下的猿猴像人類般直立，垂肩彎眼的標誌形象常在一夜間現身於世界各地的街道、圍牆及大橋上，而廣告牌上的文字道出了藝術家對政治和社會現象的評論。此猿猴形象反復出現於藝術家多幅鏤空模板噴畫作品，曾以多種藝術媒介展現，並登上拍場多次。