Ted Patrick 'Think Outside The Box' Statues Coming Soon

Artist: Ted Patrick 
Title: Think Outside The Box
Medium: Cold Cast Iron
Size: 15 x 35 cm
Edition: 28
Prices: £499

*there will also be a bronze version for £989

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Ted Patrick is the playful alias adopted by an anonymous UK printmaker who surfaced in 2019 with a small screen print handed out to visitors near Banksy’s pop-up project Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare. The image, a crude beach scene stamped “Ted Patrick edition,” was offered free on the street and later sold online for modest sums, fuelling online chatter about whether the name masked Banksy himself or simply capitalised on the event’s afterglow.

Forum debates reveal no solid proof of direct authorship by Banksy; instead, Ted Patrick appears to be an independent figure riding the coattails of the anonymous star, using the same tactic of low edition drops, punning titles and cloak-and-dagger distribution to create buzz without revealing identity. Some buyers hoped for a hidden Banksy signature, yet Pest Control, the only body that can authenticate Banksy works, has never endorsed a Ted Patrick print. The moniker may even reference the American “father of deprogramming,” adding another layer of mischief. Today the prints circulate as affordable souvenirs of the Dismaland summer, valued less for artistic innovation than for their place in the ongoing mythology surrounding Banksy and the urban art circus his stunts inevitably attract.