Banksy opens online store selling riot helmets, CCTV baby mobiles and a stab-proof vest
Graffiti artist Banksy has set up an online shop selling products including riot helmets turned into disco balls and the stab-proof vest he designed for Stormzy.
Named Gross Domestic Product, the online shop officially opened on 17 October, just a few weeks after the artist announced the launch of his own merchandise line with a pop-up shop installation in Croydon, UK.
Banksy claimed that he was forced to release the branded merchandise following legal action from an unnamed greeting-card company that was trying to "seize legal custody" of his name.
Products on sale range from as little as £10 for an empty spray paint can to £850 for the Union Jack stab-proof vest that British rapper Stormzy wore during his headline set at this year's Glastonbury festival and a non-functional clutch bag made from a brick. Stormzy's stab-proof vest is being sold in the online store
A print made in homage to late American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a rug designed to look like the corpse of Tony the tiger and a ceiling mounted baby mobile with rows of novelty CCTV cameras attached to it are also on sale.
The products each have tongue-in-cheek descriptions. Â For example the baby mobile is designed to "prepare your little one for the journey ahead ? a lifetime of constant scrutiny both state sanctioned and self imposed".
Banksy is also selling Tony the tiger rugs
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