The famous British urban artist known as Banksy confirmed on Wednesday the authorship of a new work of art In a neighbourhood in East London, the third creation that reveals in three consecutive daysall of them starring animals.
Through a post on Instagram, the artist uploaded a photograph of his most recent painting, where he appears the silhouette of three monkeys hanging from a small ledge on the bridge over Shoreditch High Street tube station, and above a vintage shop and cafe.
This new announcement comes after the graffiti artist, whose identity is unknowna piece consisting of two elephants poking their heads out and looking at each other through two boarded-up windows in a building in London’s Chelsea.
It is the third work that Banksy presents in This “animal” trilogy that began this Monday in the Kew Green neighborhood of Richmond, also southwest of the British capital, starring a goat on top of a ledge from which several rocks fall while a real surveillance camera points at it.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian“Some already They have dubbed the collection the “London Zoo” series. and have begun to come up with their own theories about the works. One idea circulating among fans suggests that Banksy He is comparing recent far-right rioters to wild zoo animals”.
Yuval Weiss takes a photo of British artist Banksy’s new artwork, in Fulham, London, Britain, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim
Banksy’s modus operandi is always the same: Upload a photo to confirm that you are the author of the paintingand the rest is left to the imagination of his more than 12 million followers, who are already speculating about whether these three creations are part of a series of “animal” art and whether more will follow in the coming hours and days.
Hypothesis about monkeys
Regarding this latest piece by the Bristol-based artist (southwest of England), some on social media hinted that This is a representation of the three wise Japanese monkeys. and their famous proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, although this time they do not appear covering their eyes, ears or mouth.
However, Monkeys are a constant in his work. The Guardian He explains: “For the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he depicted a chimpanzee-faced monarch, dressed in black and wearing the colours of the Union flag. When the anonymous artist has appeared in public, He has worn a monkey mask. He has also used the monkey mask to make a parody of the actress Demi Moore, who appeared naked and pregnant on a magazine cover Vanity Fair”.
About the painting of the two elephants, it is believed that it could be Inspired by the metaphorical expression of the “elephant in a bazaar”which refers to an obvious truth that is ignored or goes unnoticed.
As for the mountain goat, the first of the works, some consider that It could represent that the human race is on the verge of extinction. or point out the lack of privacy in public spaces by installing a closed-circuit camera.
Banksy is known for to claim social, political and environmental problems through his street art in various parts of the world; and his works are highly sought after, reaching tens of millions of euros at auctions.
