$2,000–$15,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
"Bang Bang" (Ban Ban) is one of Binnie's most provocative works — a contemporary [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) in which a woman poses with a pistol, the Western weapon introduced into the traditional composition with deliberate anachronistic force. The title's onomatopoeia announces the confrontational quality of the juxtaposition: the gun's violence placed in the graceful formal world of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) beauty portraiture. The work is a comment on tradition, desire, and the range of what the bijin-ga genre can contain.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bang Bang (Ban Ban) was created by Paul Binnie.
Bang Bang (Ban Ban) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
