Street vandalism or not (?) you have to take your hat off to Banksy for executing contextual politics in such astounding yet comedic pieces of street art.
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| Banky's response to the recent News of the World phone tapping |
This is one of the latest pieces by the pseudonymous graffiti artist Banksy, who has caused much stir since he first became recognized for his art around Bristol 90s all the way to present day. It seems once more that Banksy has distributed another piece of political activism, this time in response to the recent release of information regarding the UK Murdoch and News of the World phone hacking/tapping scandal that has been frequently headlining British television. Needless to say, this conduct was fairly unheard of until recently when it came to knowledge that News of the World had hacked into missing teenager, Milly Dowler's phone in order to delete messages to make room for potentially more messages, ultimately leading to the false belief that she could have still been alive.
However here, Banksy shows his own more comedic response to the recent news, taking good use of a domestic outdoor tap and showing off his witty linguistic skills to shine a light on an otherwise rather serious current affair.
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