BANKSY // Sale Ends Today, 2006

  • Banksy’s 2006 Sale Ends Today crowd worshipping sign, biting satire of consumer culture.
    Banksy, Sale Ends Today, 2006
    Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 426.7 cm (84×168 inches)

    Signed and dated “Banksy 21 July 2006” on the overlap.

    © Banksy.

    Sale Ends Today is a monumental example of Banksy’s wit and social critique, combining the gravity of religious iconography with the absurdity of modern consumer culture. Across a stark white background, four veiled women are shown in mourning, kneeling and gesturing in despair. Their posture and draped robes recall classical depictions of biblical lamentation scenes. But instead of weeping over a martyr, they are grieving the impending end of a retail promotion. 
     
    This work belongs to Banksy’s tradition of repurposing historical visual language to deliver biting social commentary.  Sale Ends Today speaks to the hysteria of shopping culture and the empty promises of materialism, echoing the urgency of street art within the rarified context of the gallery.

     

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  • “They say graffiti frightens people. But graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of politicians.”

    – Banksy

    Created in 2006, Sale Ends Today depicts four veiled women kneeling in lamentation over a “Sale Ends Today” sign. The work parodies biblical mourning scenes, replacing spiritual loss with consumer anxiety. Its minimalist composition and bold irony sharpen the critique of mass consumption, highlighting Banksy’s gift for turning familiar cultural forms into biting commentary.
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