NEW BANKSY EXHIBITON INCLUDES RARE AND UNSEEN WORK
Andipa Galley hosts second exhibition of Banksy's work from its collection

31 January 2008: Andipa Gallery, one of London's leading dealers in modern and contemporary masters, is staging its second exhibition of work by the UK's most infamous artist, Banksy, from 29 February - 29 March 2008.

Press Preview: Wednesday 27 February 10.30hrs - 12.30hrs. If you would like to attend please contact Anna Cusden on 020 7221 7883 / anna.cusden@kallaway.co.uk

Andipa Gallery has brought together some of Banksy's most iconic work to create one of the largest surveys ever mounted of the artist's work in recent years. It will include rare and previously unseen works including: an original drawing for an album cover for Bristol band Onecut; an early painting created free-hand without the use of a stencil and a large scale piece of interior graffiti, Bombing Middle England. A wide range of original works including Kids on Guns, Precision Bombing, Roadwork Rat, Paranoid Pictures and Happy Choppers, will also be available. Andipa Gallery does not represent Bansky and all works are from the gallery's collection.

The inclusion of works made originally for the street is crucial to demonstrating the diversity and breadth of Banksy's output. Pieces include Flower Thrower from a road sign in Berlin, Gangsta Rat Newstand and Lock Picking Rat, a well-documented piece from Brighton. It is Andipa Gallery's belief that street art should remain within its original context. Therefore these works are not being offered for sale and have been loaned to the exhibition by private collectors.

Demand for Banksy's work has never been higher. In 2007 Space Girl & Bird, spray paint on steel, sold at Bonhams for £288,000, a record for the artist's work. Riot Green, was bought from Banksy's first official exhibition eight years ago with a student loan and is now valued at £150,000 and included within this exhibition. The market for Banksy's work seems set to continue to rise. Collectors and the general public alike are drawn to Banksy's provocative and witty images which challenge conventional attitudes and poke fun at established norms.

Acoris Andipa, Director, Andipa Gallery, said: "We have spent a great deal of time and care assembling the best examples of the artist's work to create what will be a fascinating insight into the way his work has developed over the last ten years and a great opportunity for anyone interested in buying his work, at any level."

Andipa Gallery's first exhibition of Banksy's work in March 2007 was hugely successful with around 1,000 visitors a week coming to the gallery. Banksy continues to surprise and confound with new graffiti appearing around the world from the West Bank to Bristol, Brighton and London. His identity is still unknown although his notoriety increases on an almost daily basis

Exhibition Information
Andipa Gallery
162 Walton Street
London, SW3 2JL

020 7589 2371
www.andipa.com

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 9:30am - 6pm, Saturday 11am - 6pm


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