Several new Banksy graffiti appeared in new-Йорке
ARTinvestment.RU   21 марта 2018

The resonance is dedicated to the Kurdish artist Zehra Dogan, a prisoner into custody for work critical of the current Turkish government

last week four new graffiti was published on the official page in Instagram Banksy, and they all appeared in the new-Йорке. Whether we are talking about the new total "the exhibition" the mysterious British graffiti-художника in the Big Apple? Last time, in October 2013, a month in new-Йорке he created dozens of graffiti and art-объектов.

First appeared the image of rats deserting the inside of the clock on the old post office building on 14-й the street. The official interpretation of Banksy not given, however the work unanimously in absentia and his fans called "rat race". Where rodent runs counterclockwise, trying to "turn back time". Work also suggests associations with a squirrel in a wheel. Another puzzle for fans was how the graffiti was applied on the clock which is pretty high off the ground.

However, long to enjoy this work to the people of new-Йорка and guests didn't have to. Just yesterday the clock with the work of Banksy was removed from the building. Versions of what happened differ. In the worst case scenario — insidious landlord decided to sell quickly expensive work of art ("rich become richer", — outraged fans in the comments). In the second version, the clock was removed, to keep graffiti from thieves and going to show him in the lobby of the same building. There is a third version: the clock was removed by the authorities as the building plan to demolish it soon. And perhaps one of the motives of the artist who drew graffiti with running against the current of time a rat was to save this building from demolition. Most importantly, the mural is not destroyed and most likely all-таки will remain available to the public, even indoors.

Second Banksy work, received the greatest resonance, dedicated to the Kurdish artist Zehra Dogan, who was arrested a year ago for watercolor, critical of Erdogan's government. Artist and political activist took as the basis of its work the photo of the Kurdish city of Nusaybin, which was destroyed by the Turkish authorities in the spring of 2016. From mid-2015-го until the end of 2016-го the Turkish government led a large-scale military action against militants of the Kurdistan workers party, which took most of the territory inhabited by Turkish Kurds. The PKK is recognized in Turkey as a terrorist organization, and any support is punishable by the authorities, while Kurdish activists say about the new genocide by the Turks. Zehra Dogan took a photo of the destruction of Nusaybin, redrew it, but turned Turkish Armored vehicles in Scorpions. It is acknowledged accomplice of the PKK and sentenced to nearly three years in prison.

Graffiti Banksy noted as just the first anniversary of the arrest of the artist. The white wall was covered with them crossed across groups of sticks, which usually draw prisoners to count days of his imprisonment. For one groupsticks a picture of herself Zehra, and the role of one of the bars of this peculiar prison bars plays a pencil. In your profile Banksy called the maximum spread information about Zehra Dogan and demand her release. The reaction to this work by Banksy is very ambiguous. Defenders actions of Erdogan remember held by militants of the PKK terrorist attacks, and the supporters of Zehra's talking about harassment, which now are the Kurds in Turkey.

Days ago Banksy has published in his Instagram two graffiti: they are both located on the walls of a closed gas station at Coney-Айленд-Авеню in Brooklyn. The first mural man in suit and a helmet, swinging a red curved arrow resembling a line in the graph runs a group of ordinary people — children, a woman with a child, teen, old man with a dog. Graffiti is an obvious statement on gentrification (the process of restructuring the elementary urban neighborhoods into luxury housing, which the majority of the population is forced to move out). The man in the helmet — is chasing profits, the developer, and the fleeing people — indigenous population areas. More generally, according to one of the subscribers page Banksy, "red arrow indicates the country's GDP, stock market, capitalism, greed, etc., and the fleeing group of people symbolizes those who did not get any economic benefits or political influence".

two steps from this work, there was one graffiti — more easy content. If it did not appear on the official website of Banksy, many would have thought that this is the work of a mysterious artist. That's a seal playing with a "ball" — not painted a round spot on a brick wall. Perhaps Banksy decided to draw a Navy seal because he was going to or already visited new-йоркский aquarium at Coney-Айленде.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: instagram.com/banksy/, hyperallergic.com, artinvestment.ru