Well no sooner did Banksy paint his latest mural in London then someone else came along and defaced it with white paint. Or did they? In some ways the defacement gives greater meaning to the work. After all, the original tree was defaced with the severe pruning. Now the original painting is also defaced. It made me wonder if the artist added the white paint later.
It wouldn’t be the first time Banksy’s work revolved around the themes of art and destruction. (Recall the self shredding painting or his war with the Gray Ghost in New Orleans.) Banksy has has also posted this quote from Picasso: “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
More on this story from the BBC and the Guardian. Read it and decide for yourself.
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