Trolleys is a limited-edition screenprint by Banksy, first released in 2006 as part of his seminal exhibition Barely Legal in Los Angeles. Among the artist’s most enduring images, it captures a central tension in his practice: the uneasy trade between instinct and convenience.

The work depicts three silhouetted hunters stalking a “herd” of shopping trolleys, replacing prehistoric prey with the ultimate symbol of modern consumer life. Borrowing the visual language of humanity’s earliest hunts, Banksy stages a collision of eras in which survival is no longer tied to land, knowledge, or labour, but mediated by systems we rarely question.

Rendered in stark black and white, Trolleys delivers a sharp commentary on consumerism and modern dependence. In today’s landscape of ultra-processed food and opaque supply chains, the image feels newly urgent—prompting reflection on how far we have moved from the origins of what we consume.

Based on Banksy’s Trolley Hunters canvas below, sold at Sotheby’s New York in November 2021 for USD 6,698,400, Trolleys remains a thought-provoking image whose relevance continues to deepen.