BANKSY - Er... (Union Jack Tea Towel), 2012 - Silkscreen Limited edition

Screen print : Screen printing, also known as silkscreen, serigraphy, and serigraph printing - from latin "Sericum (silk) and greek "grapheion" (writing) - is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil to receive a desired image. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image into a substrate. It is possible to use different meshes, for different colors, and create multi-colored works. In the field of art, it is important to know how many prints have been made. The total number of prints is usually written on the print (e.g 20/200).
Banksy : Probably born in 1975 in Great Britain, he really began his work as a graffiti artist within the Bristol's DrybreadZ Crew (DBZ) group. Banksy is a revolutionary and subversive artist, uses his art as a true means of communication to proclaim his dismay, dissatisfaction, sadness or revolt. Each time the artist visits a city, it is a real event and generates media interest. Banksy uses stencils to design his creations, each of them is meticulously worked and detailed in order to give his creations a depth and soul. He wishes to remain anonymous in the image of graffiti, which is a hidden art and realized in secret.