BANKSY // Choose Your Weapon, 2010

  • Banksy, Choose Your Weapon (Grey), 2010. Screenprint featuring a hooded figure holding a cartoon dog on a lead, rendered in grey tones. Edition of 100, signed.
    Choose Your Weapon (Grey), 2010
    Screenprint in colours on wove paper, 70 × 70 cm (27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in.)
    Published by Pictures on Walls
    Edition of 100, signed
    © Banksy.
    Released in 2010, Choose Your Weapon is one of Banksy’s most iconic and enigmatic screen prints. The work depicts a hooded figure walking Keith Haring’s barking dog, linking two generations of street art while commenting on youth culture, aggression, and identity in contemporary Britain. By pairing a menacing, anonymous figure with Haring’s playful cartoon dog, Banksy turns a symbol of threat into one of creativity and resistance.
     
    This grey colourway was published by Pictures on Walls in a signed edition of 100, making it among the rarest and most sought-after versions. Measuring 70 x 70 cm, the screen print exemplifies Banksy’s bold graphic style and his ability to fuse cultural homage with sharp social critique. Choose Your Weapon remains one of his most celebrated works, balancing humour, menace, and homage in a single, unforgettable image.

  • “Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it’s a tool; ‘I’ll meet you at the bottom of the tube station.’”

     – Banksy

    The image of a hooded youth walking Keith Haring’s barking dog encapsulates the tensions of urban life in Britain, where anonymity, violence, and creativity collide. By reworking Haring’s playful motif into something darker, Banksy highlights the blurred line between protest and aggression, while acknowledging the street art lineage that shaped his own practice. The grey edition, signed and limited to 100 impressions, remains among the most sought-after colourways, combining rarity with cultural significance.