Blink-182rockerMark Hoppusis unloading a famousBanksypainting from his personal collection — and it could fetch up to $6.3 million at auction.
“[My wife Skye and I] loved this painting since the moment we saw it,” Hoppustold the Associated Pressof the piece, which has hung in their homes in Los Angeles and London.
Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 performs at the Sahara Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023 in Indio, California.Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Coachella
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Coachella
The company described Banksy’s piece as “one of the most instantly recognizable and audacious works in Banksy’s provocative oeuvre — a rare, entirely hand-painted canvas that epitomizes the artist’s role as a cultural agitator and sharp-witted social commentator.”
“We used to draw our own T-shirt designs and pull our own silkscreens… We had no label or support so we just did it ourselves,” he said. “I feel like street art has the same core. Punk rock. Hip hop. Skateboarding. Street art. The left out and overlooked making their own reality.”
“Crude Oil” was first unveiled in Banksy’s 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin, which also featured his take on famous paintings like Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” and Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”
source: people.com
