BANKSY // Festival (Destroy Capitalism), 2006

  • Banksy’s 2006 Destroy Capitalism print of protestors buying rebellion-themed products.

    Banksy, Festival (Destroy Capitalism), 2006.

    Screen-print in colours on Arches wove paper, 56 × 76 cm.

    © Banksy.

    Banksy’s Festival, also known as Destroy Capitalism, captures a group of punks, goths, and hippies - subcultures often associated with anti-establishment values - queuing patiently to buy $30 protest t-shirts at a music festival. Despite their rebellious appearance and attitudes, they participate in the very consumerism they seem to oppose.
     
    This striking image critiques the pervasive reach of capitalism, highlighting how commercialism infiltrates even those spaces and communities that claim to resist it. Banksy exposes the irony and hypocrisy embedded in modern protest culture, asking whether genuine rebellion can survive when commodified.
     
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  • “Every time I paint something I lose another friend.”

     – Banksy

    Festival (also known as Destroy Capitalism) presents a biting parody of rebellion gone commercial. The work depicts punks, goths, and hippies lining up obediently at a festival merchandise stand, waiting to purchase $30 t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Destroy Capitalism.” The very act of queuing to buy rebellion underscores Banksy’s central critique: even protest can be commodified, repackaged, and sold.
    By mocking the consumerisation of counterculture, Banksy highlights the contradictions of modern activism. The piece is a satirical snapshot of a world where anti-establishment ideals are easily absorbed into the very systems they oppose.
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