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Obras
Banksy
No Ball Games (Grey) (Signed), 2009
Screen print on paper
67 x 70 cm.
26 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
26 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Edition of 250
Signed and numbered
Pest Control COA
Pest Control COA
£35,000 - £45,000 GBP
The No Ball Games motif made its debut to the world in 2006 at Banksy’s LA exhibition Barely Legal in canvas format. Fast-forward to 2009 and the artist produced the...
The No Ball Games motif made its debut to the world in 2006 at Banksy’s LA exhibition Barely Legal in canvas format. Fast-forward to 2009 and the artist produced the work as a stencilled spray paint mural that appeared in Tottenham on a shop wall in London.
The central image of No Ball Games (Grey) is a pair of children who appear to be playing a game of catch. Instead of throwing a ball they are throwing and playing with a red street sign labelled “No Ball Games”. The sign can be found across estates in the UK which firmly contextualises the piece. Is this a comment on the stifling of creativity in the youth? Or perhaps a nod towards the inventiveness of children and their bright minds? Authoritarianism and rebellion are central to this work as we see the protagonists defying orders and rebelling against the very sign they are playing with.
The central image of No Ball Games (Grey) is a pair of children who appear to be playing a game of catch. Instead of throwing a ball they are throwing and playing with a red street sign labelled “No Ball Games”. The sign can be found across estates in the UK which firmly contextualises the piece. Is this a comment on the stifling of creativity in the youth? Or perhaps a nod towards the inventiveness of children and their bright minds? Authoritarianism and rebellion are central to this work as we see the protagonists defying orders and rebelling against the very sign they are playing with.
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