Modified Oil Painting #12
CCTV Countryside
MISSING ORIGINAL
Modified Oil Painting #12
CCTV Countryside
Year: 2005
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unknown
Edition: Unique
Exhibition History
Crude Oils, London, 2003
The work belongs to Banksy’s widely celebrated series, the “Crude Oils”. In these hijacked traditional oil paintings, the artist inserts his iconic stencil figures into Old Masters works. In doing so, he tackles relevant issues and formulates sharp social commentary through subversive humor. They’re both a reference to ideas of the “readymade” and artists like Marcel Duchamp, as well as to ideas of Pop Art around mass production and appropriation. Banksy has successfully placed these artworks into exhibitions of respected museums and art galleries around the world, including The Louvre, The Tate, The British Museum and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
