Buy Banksy Because I'm Worthless Signed & Unsigned Print

Because I’m Worthless is a screen print from a series often referred to as Placard Rats which features one of Banksy’s iconic rats holding a placard with a humorous declaration, this version, the being “Because I’m Worthless”. Originally released in 2004, in a comparatively small edition they were created in two colour ways: red and pink.

The Placard Rats series shows indignant rats holding up protest signs that say, in this version, “Because I’m worthless”. Others have the phrases, “Get out while you can” and “Welcome to hell”. All in Banksy’s black and white stencilled style, showing an upright rat holding a placard. “Because I’m Worthless” - a play on the L’Oreal “Because I’m Worth It” strapline. The message, written in red (or pink), is the sole use of colour on the artwork.  Wearing a necklace with a peace sign, the rat is engaging in a protest. Against who we wonder? Could it be against the ruling classes? Is the rat’s worthlessness a comment on the idea that there is no value in protesting, that the whims of the ruling and elite classes can not be toppled? The rat itself as a potential symbol to the disenfranchised and working classes?.

In the artwork, at first glance, there is only simple imagery, yet again Banksy’s typical wit and interest in social commentaries shines through to dramatic effect, and causes us to ask ourselves what are our values . . . worthless?

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