Solo Banksy exhibition to be held at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art revealing iconic stencils ‘hidden away for years’

Jun 16, 2023 at 9:40 AM
Solo Banksy exhibition to be held at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art revealing iconic stencils ‘hidden away for years’

An exhibition of labor by famend graffiti artist Banksy will open in Glasgow this weekend, that includes stencils of his iconic works he has stored “hidden away for years”.

The solo present, titled Cut & Run – 25 Years Card Labour, will characteristic most of the stencils used to create his most iconic artworks spanning from 1998 to the current day.

The exhibition is going down on the metropolis’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) and can run from this Sunday till 28 August.

Banksy stated: “I’ve kept these stencils hidden away for years, mindful they could be used as evidence in a charge of criminal damage.

“But that second appears to have handed, so now I’m exhibiting them in a gallery as artworks.

“I’m not sure which is the greater crime.”

Stencil featuring kissing policemen in the new show by artist Banksy 'Cut & Run' which opens this Sunday at Glasgow's GoMA, revealing for the first time the stencils used to create many of the artist's most iconic works. The show includes authentic artefacts, ephemera and the artist's actual toilet and will run for three months and open all night at weekends. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2023.
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Kissing Coppers

Gallery steward Louisa Mcgeachie takes a closer look at Going Going Gone, the stencil piece of the girl with the heart balloon that was shredded live during an auction at the new show by artist Banksy 'Cut & Run' opens this Sunday at Glasgow's GoMA, revealing for the first time the stencils used to create many of the artist's most iconic works. The show includes authentic artefacts, ephemera and the artist's actual toilet and will run for three months and open all night at weekends. Picture date
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Going, Going, Gone

Banksy’s first solo present in 14 years will characteristic genuine artefacts, ephemera and the artist’s precise bathroom.

If the exhibition proves in style, the present could then tour.

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The artist has been tormented by various unsanctioned world exhibitions in recent times.

He famous: “While the unauthorised Banksy shows might look like sweepings from my studio floor, Cut & Run really is the actual sweepings from my studio floor.”

'Basquiat being stop and searched' (London 2017) on display at the new show by street Banksy 'Cut & Run' opens this Sunday at Glasgow's GoMA, revealing for the first time the stencils used to create many of the artist's most iconic works. The show includes authentic artefacts, ephemera and the artist's actual toilet and will run for three months and open all night at weekends. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2023.
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The exhibition will run from Sunday 18 June till 28 August

A stencil that featured in Kyiv, Ukraine, on display at the new show by street artist Banksy 'Cut & Run' opens this Sunday at Glasgow's GoMA, revealing for the first time the stencils used to create many of the artist's most iconic works. The show includes authentic artefacts, ephemera and the artist's actual toilet and will run for three months and open all night at weekends. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2023.
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A stencil that featured in Kyiv, Ukraine

Banksy stated the site visitors cone which famously sits on the pinnacle of the Duke of Wellington statue exterior the Glasgow gallery is what drew him to exhibit there.

Glasgow's GoMA, where for the first time stencils used by street artist Banksy, to create many of the artist's works, will be displayed in his new exhibition, 'Cut & Run. The show includes authentic artefacts, ephemera and the artist's actual toilet and will run for three months and open all night at weekends. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2023.
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Banksy stated the Duke of Wellington statue – which famously has a cone on its head – is what drew him to the Glasgow gallery

In the gallery label for the present, he stated: “For anyone who isn’t aware – the statue out the front has had a cone on its head continuously for the past 40 odd years.

“Despite the perfect efforts of the council and police, each time one is eliminated one other takes its place.

“This might sound absurd and pretentious (just wait until you see the rest of the exhibition) but it’s my favourite work of art in the UK and the reason I’ve brought the show here.”