Speaking Volumes brings together the work of two of the UK’s most iconic contemporary artists— Banksy and Harland Miller—in conversation about the power of language both written and visual in art. Though their mediums and methods differ, both artists wield imagery and text like a scalpel: sharp, subversive, and uncomfortably revealing.
Together, Miller and Banksy create a dynamic tension: one speaks from the margins of society, the other from the spines of imagined books. Yet both deliver a running, often witty and humorous, commentary on identity, social anxiety, political failure, and emotional disillusionment. Their art doesn’t simply depict the world—it interprets it, offering viewers new ways to see, feel, and understand their place within it.
In Speaking Volumes we invite you to consider how language, both visual and textual, in art isn’t ornamental—it’s instrumental.
