* MR BRAINWASH (B. 1966) 'Follow Your Dreams

signed in plate, offset lithograph, 80cm x 53.5cm (unframed)

Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash is a French street artist and videographer known for his large-scale installations and prints of celebrities like Madonna, Kate Moss, and Marilyn Monroe. His practice of subverting cultural iconography and appropriation borrows from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Bansky. A number of critics have observed that his works strongly emulate the styles and concepts of Banksy, and have speculated that Guetta is an elaborate prank staged by Banksy, who may have created the works himself. Banksy insists on his official website, however, that his film Exit Through the Gift Shop featuring the French-born, Los Angeles based street artist Thierry Guetta is authentic and not part of a prank.