Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home
Slave Labour, the Banksy mural which disappeared from the wall of a Poundland store in Wood Green last year but resurfaced in an auction in Miami – only to be withdrawn at the last minute – was sold at auction in London last week for $1.1 million (£750,000). The work depicts a barefoot boy using a sewing machine to stitch union flag bunting, and was widely seen as condemning child labour and mocking the impending Queen’s Diamond Jubilee when it appeared outside the store.
A loss for locals or a way of securing it from the inevitable council ‘paint-over’ job? What do you think? Comment below.
RT @TimeOutLondon: Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home http://t.co/lAGxEbiqlU
Two points: this is stencil art, so re-stencil it, and have a good long think about who stands to gain the most in the long run fron the publicity drenched events and sale.
RT @Quinny0506: “@TimeOutLondon: Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home http://t.co/I3aFpqkj19” I’d like to know where the money is g…
RT @TimeOutArt: Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home http://t.co/KyV2oYZKzw
I thought the mural belonged ‘to the people’ so I’m still not sure whose it was to sell in the first place?
RT @STREETSTATEMENT: Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home http://t.co/PFwczEgFQy v. @TimeOutArt
RT @SteLazarides: “@TimeOutArt: Sold! Wood Green’s Banksy mural finds a home http://t.co/PhxHLdFeeE” WHAT TWAT BOUGHT THIS NO PROVENANCE MY…