Banksy is back with artwork that expertly skewers how institutions treat street art
Banksy's artworks are a perfect commentary not only on the socio-political situation — Brexit or the refugee crisis, for example — but also on the way institutions are trying to control the revolutionary power of street art.
His latest murals, which have appeared at the Barbican centre in London, are an ironic take on the centre's latest exhibition of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started as a graffiti artist in New York.
"Major new Basquiat show opens at the Barbican — a place that is normally very keen to clean any graffiti from its walls," Banksy said in the Instagram caption accompanying a pic of his first Barbican mural. Read more...
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Banksy is back with artwork that expertly skewers how institutions treat street art
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