Billed as 'an exhibition of remixed masterpieces, vandalised oil paintings and vermin', I visited this free Banksy exhibition back in 2005. Sat right alongside Westbourne Grove in London, visitors waited in a democratic line before signing a form of 11 terms and conditions and entering the space where they were greeted with a warning to stay calm and tread carefully around the gallery. Initially confused by the notice, I soon found out that exhibition was full of rats, crawling in and around broken urns and snuggling into a uniform-clad skeleton. On the walls were a series of classic paintings all of which had been 'Banksified'. The rats were as much a part of the exhibition as the art.
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