This print, executed in 2006, depicts an auctioneer conducting a sale to a room packed with bidders. It was first displayed at the artist’s iconic American exhibition Barely Legal, which took place in a warehouse in Los Angeles that same year.

Morons, or I can’t believe you morons actually buy this shit, is a screen print that reflects on Banksy’s views of art auctions and market.

A brilliant reflection of Banksy's true reality; and artist whose street works have been monopolized by art consumers, collectors and galleries. Making him an involuntary part of a capitalism movement that has very little to do with his work. A practice that is always questioned by the artist.

Morons was originally released at the exhibition as an edition of 100 unsigned prints, printed by Modern Multiples, that sold for $500 a piece. In 2007, Banksy’s UK-based printer Pictures of Walls re-edited additional Morons prints in three different colours, with a further 500 unsigned and 150 signed prints in pure monochrome, as well as 300 signed prints on a sepia background.