Corrupted Oil Jerry

{{short description|Artwork by Banksy}} {{Infobox artwork | title = Corrupted Oil Jerry | image = | caption = | artist = Banksy | catalogue = | year = {{start date|2003}} | completion_date =  | type = | material = | subject = Jerry Mouse }}

'''''Corrupted Oil - Jerry''''', also called '''''Crude Oil Jerry''''',<ref>[https://kunstmeisjes.com/2016/04/12/review-banksy-warhol-moco-museum/ "REVIEW | Banksy & Warhol | MOCO Museum | **"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608084952/https://kunstmeisjes.com/2016/04/12/review-banksy-warhol-moco-museum/ |date=2019-06-08 }}. ''DE KUNSTMEISJES.'' (April 12, 2016). Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref> is a 2003 artwork by graffiti artist Banksy, using stencil of a cartoon mouse character Jerry on an oil painting.<ref>Chloe (April 22, 2016). [https://canvasandcrumpets.com/2016/04/22/banksy-laugh-now-museum-of-contemporary-art-amsterdam/ "Banksy: Laugh Now (Museum of Contemporary Art-Amsterdam"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607105034/https://canvasandcrumpets.com/2016/04/22/banksy-laugh-now-museum-of-contemporary-art-amsterdam/ |date=2019-06-07 }}. ''Canvas and Crumpets.'' Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref>

It was valued by English antiques expert and television presenter Jonty Hearnden at £150,000 in 2014, which was a rise in value of 30 times what the owner originally paid.<ref>Coates, Jon (Jun 15, 2014). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/482502/Banksy-painting-proves-profitable-for-art-enthusiast "Banksy painting proves profitable for art enthusiast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607105036/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/482502/Banksy-painting-proves-profitable-for-art-enthusiast |date=2019-06-07 }}. ''Daily Express UK.'' Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref>

== Exhibitions == The work was first seen in one of Banksy's first major exhibitions ''Turf War'' in 2003.<ref>La Placa, Joe (Aug 25, 2003). [http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/laplaca/laplaca8-25-03.asp "London Calling"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609150801/http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/laplaca/laplaca8-25-03.asp |date=2019-06-09 }}. ''artnet.'' Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://banksyunofficial.com/2017/04/17/turf-war-london-july-18-21-2003/ "TURF WAR. LONDON, JULY 2003."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607105034/https://banksyunofficial.com/2017/04/17/turf-war-london-july-18-21-2003/ |date=2019-06-07 }}. ''BANKSY UNOFFICIAL.'' (July 18, 2003). Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref> It has been displayed in the Moco Museum of Amsterdam since 2016.<ref>Gardner, Terry (Mar 30, 2016). [https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-amsterdam-moco-museum-20160329-story.html "Banksy and Warhol shows to open Amsterdam's new contemporary art museum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607105033/https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-amsterdam-moco-museum-20160329-story.html |date=2019-06-07 }}. ''LA Times.'' Retrieved 8 June 2019.</ref>

== Culture == In a 2024 BBC Culture analysis, American art critic Kelly Grovier argues that Banksy's ''Crude Oil Jerry'' (2003) exposes the romanticized falsehoods of John Constable's ''The Hay Wain'' (1821), revealing it as a "tinder-dry lie" in the face of industrialization. By adding the cartoon character Jerry Mouse holding a lit match to the pastoral scene, Banksy critiques the enduring, deceptive ideal of the British countryside, according to the article.<ref>{{cite web |last=Grovier |first=Kelly |title=The hidden details in eight Banksys that reveal his genius |url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240814-the-hidden-details-in-eight-banksys-that-reveal-his-genius |website=BBC Culture |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>

==See also== * List of works by Banksy

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Category:2003 works Category:Mice and rats in art Category:Works by Banksy