Banksy's 'Balloon Girl' original screenprint
On December 6, 2018, the doors of the Banksy's first major exhibition in our country , which we can enjoy, after its enormous success, until May 19, 2019. The place? The SPACE 5.1 of the IFEMA, in Madrid. The tickets? **On sale from today, November 29, at tickets.com **.
Do you remember when Banksy shredded one of his works ** ('Girl with a balloon') ** after being awarded by €1.2 million ? And how finally the shredded work (and which was renamed **'Love is in the trash') ** was sold for that amount doubling its market value ?
It is the fate of the artist who tries to escape capitalism by inevitably falling into its nets. This time, being the involuntary protagonist of an exhibition that will make people talk... Precisely, a original silkscreen of 'Girl with a balloon' will be part of this first major exhibition of Banksy's works in our country (and that has already passed through Moscow and Saint Petersburg after a resounding success, with more than 500,000 visitors).
Love is in the Air, Banksy
The exhibition ** 'BANKSY. Genius or Vandal? '** is a compendium of 70 original works on loan from private collectors around the world (and in collaboration with Lilley Fine Art / Contemporary Art Trader Gallery ) a tour of some of the most iconic and others not so well known that provide an overview of the anonymous artist.
His political character, his pamphleteering style and his deep reflection on war conflicts... everything that Banksy shows with his works can be enjoyed in this space where there will also be room for an immersive audiovisual installation, an immersive experience that will help us to better understand the artist and the controversy that always surrounds him.
The exhibition arrives in Madrid after having triumphed in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
In the words of Alexander Nachkebiya, curator of the exhibition in the official press release: "Banksy has become a phenomenon and is one of the most brilliant and important artists of our time. His work it is a challenge to the system, a protest, an extremely well-built brand, a mystery, a disobedience to the law ... We want every visitor to this exhibition to be able to figure out for themselves who Banksy really is: a genius or a thug? An artist or a businessman? A provocateur or a rebel?
Bomb Love Banksy
*Article originally published on November 29, 2018 and updated on March 6, 2019 with its extension