{"product_id":"banksy-grannies-unsigned","title":"Banksy | Grannies (2006) | Unsigned Limited Edition with Pest Control COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBanksy (b. c.1974)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrannies, 2006\u003cbr\u003eTwo-colour screenprint on Arches 88 wove paper | Unsigned edition of 500\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrannies was produced for Banksy's 2006 Barely Legal exhibition in Los Angeles — the show that moved him from street phenomenon to blue-chip market proposition in the space of a single weekend. The image — two elderly women, seated and knitting, wearing jumpers emblazoned with the slogans Thug For Life and Punks Not Dead — is quintessential Banksy: a juxtaposition so clean and so funny that its critical dimension arrives a beat later, once you have already laughed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe joke is layered. The grandmothers are not subversive figures — they are the opposite of subversive, the embodiment of domestic comfort and social compliance — and yet they are wearing the language of rebellion as casually as cardigans. Banksy is not mocking punk or hip-hop. He is asking what happens when a culture's most transgressive slogans become just slogans, worn by people who would never intend transgression. The answer, in this image, is: something rather moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an unsigned impression from the edition of 500, accompanied by a Pest Control Certificate of Authenticity — the only authentication body recognised by the artist. Pest Control COA is the gold standard of Banksy provenance, and no Banksy work should be acquired without one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo-colour screenprint on Arches 88 wove paper\u003cbr\u003e\n575 × 767 mm sheet\u003cbr\u003e\nUnsigned edition of 500\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished by Pictures on Walls, London, 2006\u003cbr\u003e\nPest Control Certificate of Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e\nCreed Gallery Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banksy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55791458615636,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/banksy-grannies-pink-unsigned-pest-control-coa-creed-gallery-ascot.jpg?v=1778680283","url":"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/ar\/products\/banksy-grannies-unsigned","provider":"Creed Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}