Mr. Brainwash Victory of Mind For Sale
Mr. Brainwash
Victory of Mind, 2019
Two color screenprint on hand-torn archival paper
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Edition
Edition of 50
About this work
Victory of Mind Mr. Brainwash, the pseudonym of French-born, Los Angeles-based artist Thierry Guetta, has established himself as one of the most commercially successful figures to emerge from the contemporary street art movement. Rising to international prominence following his central role in Banksy's 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, Mr. Brainwash has cultivated a practice that synthesizes pop art aesthetics with urban sensibilities, commanding significant attention from collectors worldwide and achieving consistent results at auction houses including Christie's and Sotheby's. Victory of Mind presents the viewer with the artist's characteristically bold visual language, merging appropriated imagery with vibrant color fields and gestural mark-making. The composition demonstrates Mr. Brainwash's facility for layering cultural references, creating works that oscillate between homage and subversion. His technique draws upon the legacy of Warhol and Basquiat while remaining distinctly rooted in the visual vocabulary of street art, employing stenciling, screenprinting, and mixed media processes that lend the surface a textured immediacy. The work exemplifies the artist's ongoing interrogation of contemporary image culture and the boundaries between high art and popular media. This work is issued in an edition of fifty, a limited release that speaks to the collectibility of Mr. Brainwash's graphic output. Editioned works by the artist continue to attract strong collector interest on the secondary market, reflecting sustained demand for his accessible yet visually complex compositions. Guy Hepner is pleased to offer this significant work for acquisition. For pricing, availability, and further information, please contact the gallery directly.
$3,500
Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 2019
- Medium
- Two color screenprint on hand-torn archival paper
- Edition
- Edition of 50
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About Mr. Brainwash
Mr. Brainwash is the alias of Thierry Guetta, a French-American contemporary artist born in 1966 in Garges-lès-Gonesse, France. He moved to Los Angeles at 15. There, an obsession with filming led him into the world of street art, where he documented artists including his cousin Invader, Shepard Fairey and Banksy.
Encouraged by Banksy to make his own work, Guetta adopted the name Mr. Brainwash. His debut exhibition, Life Is Beautiful (2008), was staged in a converted Los Angeles TV studio and became a landmark event. He gained international recognition after appearing in Banksy's Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.
His work blends street art, Pop Art and celebrity culture through bold stencils, spray-paint drips and bright color. He remixes icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein alongside uplifting slogans like Life Is Beautiful and Follow Your Heart. He has designed album covers for Madonna and Rick Ross. In 2022 he opened the Mr. Brainwash Art Museum in Beverly Hills.
Today his paintings, sculptures and limited edition prints are collected worldwide.