6. One Nation Under CCTV, 2008
Perhaps one of Banksy’s most recognisable pieces although it has since been removed, the artist took to a large London wall back in April of 2008 to creative the politically charged piece. A commentary on the UK’s surveillance-captured society, the towering work read “ONE NATION UNDER CCTV,” and featured a depiction of both a child-sized artist and a watchful security guard. The greatest irony being that the artist had to scale a wall and erect scaffolding to paint the artwork—located right next to those omnipresent CCTV cameras, which failed to capture his identity.