BANKSY // Bomb Love, 2002

  • Banksy’s 2002 Bomb Love girl hugs missile lovingly, classic anti-war street art piece.

    Banksy, Bomb Love, 2002

    Spray paint on canvas, 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 inches)

    Tagged on the turnover edge

    © Banksy

    Bomb Love, also known as Bomb Hugger, remains one of Banksy’s most striking and enduring anti-war statements. This unsettling embrace of innocence and destruction epitomises Banksy’s talent for pairing sharp social critique with deceptively simple imagery.
     
    The girl’s ponytail and peaceful smile stand in sharp contrast to the looming bomb’s cold, black silhouette, highlighting the disturbing intimacy of this unlikely bond. Rendered through Banksy’s trademark stencil style, the image’s bold graphic clarity enabled quick reproduction across urban walls and later, vibrant screen prints with bubblegum pink backgrounds - amplifying the clash between childlike tenderness and the looming threat of violence.

     

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