Banksy has apparently created a new piece of artwork in a London street. The new graffiti shows a little boy kneeling at a sewing machine while he makes bunting that for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.
The child is barefoot, with a sports visor turned backwards on his head, and his little fingers are threading the bunting through the sewing machine.
It has been suggested that the street art, drawn on Wood Green High Road in North London, is intended to highlight the disparity between the wealth and opulence of the West and the poverty – and the age – of those who are used to make the goods bought there.
Who is Banksy?
He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. He tries to keep his identity a secret. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure.
Since Banksy made his name with his trademark stencil-style ‘guerrilla’ art in public spaces – on walls in London, Brighton, Bristol and even on the West Bank barrier separating Israelis and Palestinians – his works have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
He has dozens of celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera.
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