BANKSY // Jail Break, 2010

  • Banksy Jail Break 2010 stencil street art of prisoner attempting escape
    Banksy, Jail Break, 2010.
    Stencil spray paint and household gloss on found metal, 172.1 × 92.7 × 7.3 cm.
    Signed and dated 2010 on the reverse.
    © Banksy.
    Jail Break is one of Banksy’s most powerful works, transforming the heavy form of a rusted steel prison door into a witty commentary on freedom and escape. First appearing as a stencil in 2010 on a Bail Bonds building in New York, the image shows a hand reaching through the barred window to sketch the outline of a door handle, suggesting a way out where none exists. With its life-sized scale, raw industrial finish, and characteristic humour, the work captures Banksy’s ability to turn symbols of confinement into moments of possibility. This piece, created in the same year as his original street intervention, is among a small number of unique gallery versions that the artist produced.
     
    Jail Break encapsulates Banksy’s enduring themes of resistance, escape, and the power of art to challenge authority, while also carrying the universal message that freedom is never entirely out of reach.
     
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  • “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” 

    – Banksy

    Jail Break turns a prison door into a symbol of defiance. First seen in 2010 on a Bail Bonds building in New York, the stencil shows a hand sketching a door handle through barred windows, hinting at escape where none should exist. In this unique gallery version, Banksy transforms raw steel into a metaphor for hope, resistance, and the power of imagination.
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