BANKSY // Space Girl and Bird, 2003

  • Banksy’s 2003 Space Girl and Bird shows helmeted girl with bird, innocence meets dystopia.
    Banksy, Space Girl and Bird, 2003.
    Spray-paint on steel, 133 × 54 cm.
    © Banksy.
    Space Girl and Bird presents a striking collision of vulnerability and isolation, rendered in Banksy’s signature spray-paint stencil style. A small girl, dressed in a parka and oversized astronaut helmet, gently cradles a bright yellow bird – the only splash of colour against the rusted, metallic background. Above her, a faint pink heart floats like fading graffiti or a digital glitch. The helmet, a symbol of protection, also serves as a barrier, cutting her off from the delicate creature she holds. 
     
    Painted on industrial sheet metal, this work formed the basis for Banksy’s rarely seen commercial commission – the cover of Blur’s 2003 album Think Tank. As with many of Banksy’s helmeted figures, Space Girl and Bird critique themes of surveillance, war, and emotional detachment. The use of a child as the central figure amplifies the sense of lost intimacy in a dystopian world. 
     
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  • “Nothing in the world is more powerful than a big idea.”

     

    – Banksy

    Created in 2003, Space Girl and Bird shows a young girl wearing a parka and oversized astronaut helmet, cradling a bright yellow bird in her hands. The stencil is applied onto industrial sheet metal, its weathered surface forming part of the composition. A faint pink heart floats above the figures. Commissioned for the album cover of Blur’s Think Tank, the work reflects Banksy’s themes of protection, isolation, and fragility amid a dystopian backdrop.