BANKSY // Family Target, 2003

  • Banksy’s 2003 Family Target puts nuclear family in crosshairs, critique of modern domestic ideals.

    Banksy, Family Target, 2003

    Spray-paint on canvas, 75 × 75 cm (29 1/2 × 29 1/2 inches)
    Stencilled “BANKSY” (lower right)
    © Banksy

    In Family Target, Banksy delivers a haunting portrayal of innocence under direct threat. A mother, father, and child walk hand-in-hand, their figures ghostly and universal against a white background. At the heart of the image, a vivid red crosshair marks the child’s head, a brutal reminder that even the most vulnerable are targeted with precision. 
     
     The title Family Target doubles as grim wordplay - both a literal aim on a family and a reflection of how family units have become casualties in war zones, surveillance states, and political conflict. Alongside works like Bomb Love and Napalm, this piece refuses detachment, grabbing the viewer’s conscience and demanding reckoning with the cost of violence.

     

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  • “The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules.” – Banksy
    Family Target depicts three silhouetted figures, mother, father, and child, walking in unison. Overlaid on the child’s head is a vivid red crosshair, sharply contrasting with the otherwise neutral composition. The work captures Banksy’s ability to use simple, universal imagery to evoke complex political themes. With its restrained palette and striking focal point, the piece exposes the devastating reach of modern warfare and surveillance, where no one is exempt from vulnerability.
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