{"product_id":"banksy-the-unauthorised-retrospective","title":"Banksy — The Unauthorised Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e114 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurated by Steve Lazarides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21.5 × 16.5 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Sotheby’s, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo uniformed figures raise their cameras on the cover of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Unauthorised Retrospective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The image turns surveillance into a visual joke, a device that recurs across the paintings and prints assembled by Banksy’s former dealer Steve Lazarides. The selection spans the artist’s early years in Bristol through 2009, bringing together works such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKissing Coppers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToxic Mary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Moss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e screenprint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeen together, the works show how Banksy makes familiar images say something unexpected. A police uniform, a devotional pose or a celebrity portrait can carry the joke before the viewer has had time to place it. Published for Sotheby’s selling exhibition, the catalogue also records a moment when imagery associated with the street was being presented to collectors in a London gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Direct","offers":[{"title":"Rare (near mint condition)","offer_id":59426396176719,"sku":"RAR-0161","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2424\/8147\/files\/743a3abd-7c00-4541-94cf-9d35e370d3f4.jpg?v=1794058946","url":"https:\/\/www.legrandj.eu\/products\/banksy-the-unauthorised-retrospective","provider":"Le Grand Jeu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}