Game Changer
, 2020
200 x 150 cm (h x w)
The painting shows a young boy playing with a superhero doll dressed as a nurse, complete with a mask and apron bearing the Red Cross symbol, and a cape fluttering behind her. The wastebasket next to the child includes Spiderman and Batman figurines-outdated versions of superheroes in our new pandemic-stricken world.Banksy has donated this painting to England's Southampton General Hospital in an effort to raise the spirits of medical professionals working on the frontlines of the coronavirus.