Banksy is back. The known Street artist The British artist, whose identity remains unknown, has left a new work in the streets of London. After identifying a bare, clipped-branched tree in a ravine on Hornsey Road in the northern area of Finsbury Park, the artist sprayed green paint on the wall behind it, to simulate the missing leaves and possibly the “violated” environment. “. Below, on the wall of the building, appears stencils of a young girl with a pressure sprayer looking upwards, as if to realize the effect of “her” spray. The work appeared yesterday, and today, after hours of speculation, Banksy's “claim” of authorship arrived. With a silent post on Instagram, where the artist simply posted photos of the chosen angle before and after the action on the wall. Today, in the region, there is a coming and going of curious people, residents and tourists alike: “We feel it as a personal message of solidarity addressed to us who live here, and we are very proud of it “, he told the BBC the tenant of a neighboring building.
The meaning of the work
According to Stefano Antonelli, curator with Gianluca Marziani of important exhibitions in Italy on the Street artist of Bristol, “the green used could refer to the color linked to St. Patrick's Day celebrated yesterday in England. The other detail concerns the shade of green, like that of the signs of the municipality of Islington, where the work is located”, Antonelli further observed to Ansa, who underlines that “even the tree could have a story to tell that Banksy wanted to bring it to public attention. »
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