8 October 2007

That new (possible) Banksy


That new Banksy, originally uploaded by knautia.

So this appeared last week, opposite the entrance to the Children's Hospital, and on the day the Met were going to court (over health & Safety) for the murder of Jean-Charles de menezes. Which point to Banksy, and the fact it looks like his style. But it's not signed by him - and there are enough talented stencillers in the city to mock up a Banksy, especially since the City Council has declared him sacred. It raises all sorts of questions about whether it's possible to verify stencils etc - and even if it were 'signed', that's just a stencil too, right? So no one knows - apparently his spokesperson is looking to him for a comment, but knowing him, his only comment would be "I'm not commenting!". And does it really matter anyway? After all, it's a really well-done, interesting stencil, whoever made it. Ah, graffiti mysteries, I love them!

(There's a pic of this with a bit more context here)

1 comment:

MKWF-ONE! said...

I went past this piece on the 7th Dec and thought it looked different, the boy is now holding a stone or another object in his right hand, have you seen that? what do you think?