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Christ With Shopping Bags, 2004
Jesus Christ appears in pain, weighed down by the shopping bags, symbolizing the damage consumerism has on the original values of Christianity. Banksy uses effective motifs such as the melting gifts to suggest the ephemerality of modern Christmas, whilst the crucifixion represents how society has sacrificed happiness for material things, which offer only transitory joy.
Stop and Search was released in 2007.
This work portrays a storyline with Dorothy (the central character from the Wizard of Oz), her dog, Toto, and a splash of blue in the police officer’s latex gloves. This print relates to the plot of The Wizard of Oz and suggests defiance towards authority and law enforcement, Dorothy and Toto are being prevented from getting home.
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