Forgive Us Our Trespassing

Forgive Us Our Trespassing
ArtistBanksy
MediumGraffiti
LocationSalt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

Forgive Us Our Trespassing is a piece by graffiti artist Banksy depicting a kneeling boy with a spray-painted halo. The image can be found on a wall in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2010, the image was distributed in the form of posters to promote the artist's film Exit Through the Gift Shop.[1]

In March 2010, an official large-format version of the artwork was displayed at London Bridge Station in a collaboration between Banksy and Don't Panic.[2] Transport for London gave permission for this artwork to be hung only if the original image was altered to remove the yellow dripping spray paint halo, so as to not encourage graffiti. The print exhibited but removed within 48 hours after the halo was repaired by "either Banksy or one of his people”.[3] Only one large-format poster of Forgive Us Our Trespassing now remains in existence.

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References

  1. ^ "Latest Banksy poster set to become a collectors item". The Daily Telegraph. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ^ "London Underground Banksy work regains its halo". BBC News. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Underground mystery as Banksy work regains its halo". Evening Standard. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.


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