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Artist: Banksy
Title: Walled Off Hotel, 2017
Year created: 2017
Medium: Premium Fibre
Edition: original poster
Height (inches): 23
Width (inches): 16
Depth (inches): 1
This piece is unframed
Description of piece:
Walled off Hotel, 2017 is a unique digital print in colors on premium fibre paper. Very controversial "Palestine" especially given where that part of the world is today even though it was made in 2017. Banksy owns the hotel in its entirety and it's filled with his own original artwork. Staffed by Palestinians, any profits from the hotel go back into local projects. The Walled Off Hotel is a boutique hotel, located in Bethlehem, designed by Banksy alongside other creatives and notable academic Dr. David Grindon. Established in March 2017, and initially set out to be a temporary exhibition, the hotel has since attracted nearly 140,000 visitors, thanks in part to its location opposite the portion of the Israeli West Bank Barrier separating Bethlehem from the holy site of Rachel’s Tomb. The hotel is considered to be a key piece of social commentary on the Palestinians affected by the Israeli-Palestine Conflict and billed as having “the worst view of any hotel in the world”. The Walled Off Hotel features more than 20 new Banksy originals. As always the case with the artist, it mixes art, politics, and tourism in a very effective way. On the ground floor, a museum commemorates “a hundred years since the British took control of Palestine and helped kick start a Century of confusion and conflict.” On the upper level, another exhibition hall exhibits local Palestinian artists, among them Suleyman Mansour. All rooms are decorated with original artworks by Banksy and local Palestinian artists.
Artist bio:
Banksy reportedly lived in Easton, Bristol, during the late 1990s, before moving to London around 2000. In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded that his forename is Robbie.
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