BANKSY // Nola, 2008

  • Banksy’s 2008 Nola girl with umbrella raining on her, symbolising failed protection.

    Banksy, Nola, 2008.
    Screen-print in colours on Arches wove paper, 76 × 56 cm.
    © Banksy

    Nola depicts a young girl in black and white, standing beneath a black umbrella, reaching out to feel the rain pouring down. Set against a block grey background with white raindrops falling from inside the umbrella, this striking print originally appeared as a mural in New Orleans.
     
    Banksy’s artwork is a powerful commentary on Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the catastrophic failure of flood defences. By showing rain falling from inside the umbrella, meant to protect, Banksy critiques institutions like FEMA and the government for failing those affected, turning protection into harm.
     
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  • “All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?” 

    — Banksy

    Unveiled on the streets of New Orleans in 2008, Nola portrays a young girl holding an umbrella that betrays her. Rather than keeping her dry, the umbrella releases heavy rain, leaving her exposed to the storm. Banksy turns a symbol of shelter into an emblem of harm, forcing viewers to question the reliability of the institutions meant to protect them.
    The work has come to symbolise the broken promises and institutional failures that followed Hurricane Katrina. By placing a child at the centre of the scene, Banksy amplifies the themes of innocence, vulnerability, and misplaced trust. Simple in execution but devastating in impact, Nola remains one of his clearest indictments of systemic neglect.
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