Barcode, 2004

A Study in Captivity, Commodification, and the Illusion of Control With Barcode, Banksy delivers one of his most controlled and visually incisive critiques of modern consumer culture. Reduced to a stark black-and-white composition, the work transforms a banal commercial symbol into a scene of latent tension—where nature, once confined and commodified, appears on the verge … Continue reading Barcode, 2004