BANKSY // Go Flock Yourself, 2008

  • Banksy’s 2009 Go Flock Yourself uses sheep imagery for herd mentality satire.
    Banksy, Go Flock Yourself, 2008.
    Spray-paint and emulsion on metal, 91.4 × 91.4 cm.
    Signed, inscribed, and dated ‘Banksy London 2008’ on the reverse.
    © Banksy.
    Go Flock Yourself first appeared during Banksy’s landmark Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition in 2009, a moment that catapulted the anonymous street artist to international acclaim. Executed on metal using his signature spray paint and stencil technique, the painting features a young man caught mid-vandalism, spray-painting a wall covered in a repeating pink fleur-de-lis pattern.
     
    The title Go Flock Yourself is a tongue-in-cheek twist on a familiar phrase, fusing profanity with elegance and symbolising Banksy’s talent for dark humour and social critique. This work encapsulates the artist’s nuanced relationship with authority, the institutional art world, and the public space, where graffiti is both a form of resistance and a form of art.
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  • “Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it’s a tool."

    - Banksy 

    Unveiled at the 2009 Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition, Go Flock Yourself captures the artist’s balance of wit, rebellion, and cultural critique. A young man is shown spray-painting against a refined fleur-de-lis backdrop, his act of vandalism colliding with a symbol of elegance and tradition. The clash between high design and street disruption embodies Banksy’s core message: authority and refinement are always open to subversion.
     
    The tongue-in-cheek title adds another layer, turning a familiar insult into a commentary on class, culture, and resistance. Like much of Banksy’s work, it transforms graffiti from defacement into sharp-edged social satire.
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