Banksy “Vandalizes” Paris With Six New Works, And They Carry An Important Message
On the 20th of June, Banksy commemorated World Refugee Day in one of their modern capitals, Paris. Addressing President Emmanuel Macron’s “get migrants off France’s streets and out of forest hideouts” campaign, the street artist has shared his opinions about the current political situation in the country.
The first piece depicts a girl painting over a swastika using a pink Victorian pattern. It definitely looks like a reference to the artist’s 2008 work called “Go Flock Yourself.” The mural criticizes the seemingly fascist French government’s migrant policies. The girl was found near the Porte de la Chapelle metro station, the site of Paris’s official refugee centre “La Bulle” until August 2017.
The second mural is Banksy’s interpretation of the iconic painting “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” People think it mocks President Macron, blindly leading the country.
The third one portrays a man feeding a bone to a legless dog. Some speculate it’s a metaphor for the politicians tricking the masses with masked agendas.
The last three works feature rats – Banksy’s signature stencil, inspired by Parisian artist Blek Le Rat. They represent the working class and the way regular people can make a huge difference when working together.
Art historian and street art expert Paul Ardenne claims that these murals are very much in Banksy’s style. “The color, the line, the subject and the way he has adapted the images from photos… all point to them being Banksy’s style during the 2000s. There is a very particular signature. If [the mural of the girl] is not by Banksy, it is a very good copy,” he told the Daily Mail.
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Sadly, one of them is already destroyed:
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A part of me is sad that it has been erased and a part of me enjoys the ephemerality of it (at least it won't be sold for million bucks, which I think is the contrary of Banksy's message)
I agree, the idea of ‘this is my graffiti, no one can touch it!’ seems very much against his ideas, and most graffiti guys…
Load More Replies...What problem do these guys have with a girl's face? If it were the painting itself, they would have tried to erase it in a more orderly manner, or in a larger scale, but no, they aimed for the face as if they were censoring her. She's a fictive girl, no need to keep a privacy here.
(note that Massive Attack was in the Uk before this was done and then in Eastern Europe... still a totally believable identity for Banksy)
Sometimes I think Banksy is not a person, but an entity, and anyone with a particular style and topic painting the streets anonymously can be a "Banksy".
Load More Replies...I guess you missed the part where the guy was giving the dog his own leg back t him as a bone (check out the hacksaw behind his back). That was pretty chilling.
His work is devastating in their truth. No one wants to see that. I'm an admirer of his, and other soap box artists.
How do people know when it's Banksy and when it's not...? Anyone with a stencil can "paint" that. Just wondering..
what kind of stupidity someone has to represent to destroy Banksy's art...? Ugh.
What kind of stupidity someome has to damage someones property...? Ugh. The poor victims of the crime. Get permission and the art won't be destoyed.
Load More Replies...it just good that poor street art is washed off. banksy makes illegal PR work to street it is unfair, because we kow rich has always bulvaani, some one who takes their crime to their name, and connections to police, police works for him example in englad ...he is so rich that he can make deal, and he's PR work is not illegal at all but commercialism and capitalism just abusing poor and innosent refugees. Thsi what you call propaganda is not so non-sense message is not clear and refers to far right
Banksy speaks abt the current state of society via his art. Its not eye candy for morons.
Load More Replies...A part of me is sad that it has been erased and a part of me enjoys the ephemerality of it (at least it won't be sold for million bucks, which I think is the contrary of Banksy's message)
I agree, the idea of ‘this is my graffiti, no one can touch it!’ seems very much against his ideas, and most graffiti guys…
Load More Replies...What problem do these guys have with a girl's face? If it were the painting itself, they would have tried to erase it in a more orderly manner, or in a larger scale, but no, they aimed for the face as if they were censoring her. She's a fictive girl, no need to keep a privacy here.
(note that Massive Attack was in the Uk before this was done and then in Eastern Europe... still a totally believable identity for Banksy)
Sometimes I think Banksy is not a person, but an entity, and anyone with a particular style and topic painting the streets anonymously can be a "Banksy".
Load More Replies...I guess you missed the part where the guy was giving the dog his own leg back t him as a bone (check out the hacksaw behind his back). That was pretty chilling.
His work is devastating in their truth. No one wants to see that. I'm an admirer of his, and other soap box artists.
How do people know when it's Banksy and when it's not...? Anyone with a stencil can "paint" that. Just wondering..
what kind of stupidity someone has to represent to destroy Banksy's art...? Ugh.
What kind of stupidity someome has to damage someones property...? Ugh. The poor victims of the crime. Get permission and the art won't be destoyed.
Load More Replies...it just good that poor street art is washed off. banksy makes illegal PR work to street it is unfair, because we kow rich has always bulvaani, some one who takes their crime to their name, and connections to police, police works for him example in englad ...he is so rich that he can make deal, and he's PR work is not illegal at all but commercialism and capitalism just abusing poor and innosent refugees. Thsi what you call propaganda is not so non-sense message is not clear and refers to far right
Banksy speaks abt the current state of society via his art. Its not eye candy for morons.
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