BANKSY // Police Kids, 2005

  • Banksy’s 2005 Jack and Jill in police uniforms, subverting childhood innocence.
    Banksy, Police Kids (Jack and Jill), 2004.
    Screen-print in colours on wove paper, 50 × 70 cm.
    © Banksy.
    Two smiling children run hand-in-hand beneath a bright blue sky - but their bulletproof police vests tell a darker story. In Police Kids, Banksy contrasts childhood innocence with symbols of state control, questioning how fear and authority shape even our earliest experiences.
     
    Referencing the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, the work subverts traditional ideas of safety and freedom, exposing the tensions between protection and oppression in modern life.
     
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  • “A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.” 

    – Banksy 

    Police Kids (2003) is one of Banksy’s sharpest juxtapositions of innocence and authority. Two smiling children, holding hands beneath a cloudless blue sky, appear carefree, yet the heavy police vests strapped to their small frames shift the tone instantly. What should be a scene of joy becomes unsettling, forcing viewers to question how power and surveillance infiltrate even the most innocent aspects of life.
    By referencing the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, Banksy twists a familiar childhood story into a darker allegory. The work reflects on how ideas of safety and protection can also function as tools of control, blurring the line between care and coercion.
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