BANKSY // The Leopard and Lamb, 2015

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    Banksy, The Leopard and Lamb, 2016.
    Acrylic on ply, in artist’s frame, 148 × 172 cm.
    Signed “Banksy” lower right; further signed and dated “Banksy 2016” on the reverse.
    © Banksy.
    Banksy’s The Leopard and the Lamb comments on peace, power, and prophecy. Exhibited at the artist’s politically charged Walled-Off Hotel in Bethlehem, mere metres from the Israeli West Bank barrier, the painting features a leopard and a lamb lying peacefully side by side. Drawing on the prophetic verse from Isaiah 11:6, the image transforms ancient religious symbolism into a sharp, contemporary allegory.
     
    As one of the central artworks at the Walled-Off Hotel, The Leopard and the Lamb underscores Banksy’s long-standing anti-war ethos.  Banksy’s composition, marked by a muted palette and delicately rendered textures, resists sensationalism. Instead, it suggests that peace between peoples, ideologies, and historic enemies is not only imaginable, but necessary. 
     
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  • “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

     – Banksy

    Exhibited at Banksy’s Walled-Off Hotel in Bethlehem, The Leopard and the Lamb reimagines the biblical prophecy of predator and prey lying together in peace. Set against the backdrop of the Israeli West Bank barrier, the painting becomes both symbolic and site-specific, calling attention to the urgent need for reconciliation in one of the world’s most divided regions. The restrained palette and quiet tone underline Banksy’s ability to deliver political messages without spectacle.
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