One of my favorite Dolk pieces. The Norwegian urban artist was popular and then his style completely shifted. I miss his old works like this “Fire Chief”, with the double entendre and perfect execution.
I don’t see a lot of (art) posted on Mantel yet… But I’ll keep trying! Without getting too political, I feel like this is a great representation of where we are as a society. This beautiful, but simple, origami dove with his tail on fire is so simple yet symbolic. I love how the artist (Opie) used live flame, a technique called fumage, to better capture the smoke rising from the tail of this dove.
Sweet little shelf in the office of official Banksy art - print, Di-Faced Tenner and wall sculpture. All official Banksy items and all very cool and very collectible.