Banksy’s subversive reinterpretation of Vincent van Gogh’s celebrated Sunflowers. Instead of radiant blooms, Banksy depicts the flowers withered, drooping, and lifeless reduced to little more than stems and empty husks, bought not from a florist but from a petrol station.

This bleak parody strips away van Gogh’s emotional vibrancy and replaces it with a symbol of decay, mass production, and environmental decline. By inserting the words “from Petrol Station” into the title, Banksy highlights how even beauty and culture have become commodified, disposable, and tied to corporate consumerism. The petrol station reference also evokes themes of pollution and climate crisis, hinting that our cultural treasures, like our planet, are at risk of depletion.

Exhibited as part of Banksy’s 2005 Crude Oils: Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin in London, the piece sat among other “vandalised” versions of classical art. The show famously included 20 modified oil paintings and 200 live rats, underlining Banksy’s anti-establishment humour and his critique of art’s commodification.