BANKSY // Kill Mom?, 2003

  • Banksy’s 2003 Kill Mum? explores violence in pop culture, child with knife and provocative question.
    Banksy, Kill Mom?, 2003
    Stencil, acrylic and spray-paint on cardboard
    220 × 200 cm
    Unique
    © Banksy
    Kill Mom? features a smiling baby seated against a bare, neutral background, holding a tower of toy blocks that spell out the unsettling phrase “KILL MOM?”. Banksy’s work flips the usual association of childhood playfulness and safety, confronting viewers with a dark undercurrent beneath the façade of innocence.
     
    Rendered in Banksy’s signature stencil style, the piece uses simplicity to amplify its psychological impact. The child’s carefree expression contrasts message spelt out by the blocks, forcing a confrontation with uncomfortable questions about family dynamics, suppressed rage, or societal violence infiltrating the most intimate relationships. 

     

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  • “The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.” – Banksy
    In Kill Mom?, a baby is shown seated on the floor, grinning while stacking blocks that spell the phrase “KILL MOM?”. The stark composition relies on Banksy’s stencil clarity, isolating the child against a neutral background. By pairing innocence with suggestion of violence, the work strips back detail to amplify discomfort. The result is both surreal and incisive, a reminder of Banksy’s talent for distilling social critique into a deceptively simple image.
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