BALLERINA, 2012

Catalogue Note

This original was published by Banksy on his Instagram in 2012. Banksy has created a few originals based on the visual of a ballerina. This one portrays a spray-painted ballerina delicately traversing the string on the back of a picture frame like a tightrope. Yet, another demonstration of Banksy’s wit and humor.

Whereas most probably any viewer would be focusing her/his attention to the front of the picture, which we can’t see here, the real action happens in the back of the frame where this delicate ballerina is pointing in a very elegant manner on the rope of the frame…