Civilian Drone Strike (Banksy) Explained
Civilian Drone Strike is a 2017 artwork by Banksy. The work depicts three General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones flying above a child's drawing of a bombed house with a child and pet looking on at the destruction. The piece was donated to the Art the Arms Fair gallery and was exhibited to coincide with the 2017 DSEI arms fair.[1] [2] The work sold for £205,000.[3] Proceeds from the sale have been donated to Campaign Against Arms Trade and Reprieve.[4]
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- Web site: Art The Arms Fair – Against DSEI Arms Fair. www.artthearmsfair.org.
- Web site: Instagram post by Art The Arms Fair • Sep 11, 2017 at 6:12pm UTC. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/artthearmsfair/1601666546445609607 . 25 December 2021 . registration. Instagram.
- News: Banksy gives £205,000 to human rights and anti-arms trade groups. Damien. Gayle. The Guardian . 16 September 2017. www.theguardian.com.
- Web site: New Banksy work to be revealed at Art the Arms Fair. Alex. Shaw. 13 September 2017. 13 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183403/http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/new-banksy-work-to-be-revealed-at-art-the-arms-fair-1-5190223. dead.
