Once on the train, Banksy immediately got to work by spray-painting a stencil of his famed rats sneezing onto the walls of the train carriage, revealing that his spray-cleaning bottle was actually filled with paint and not a disinfectant.Īfter having a short word with a fellow passenger, presumably to ask him to move to another part of the train, he then spray paints more of his trademark rats - this time with one using a mask as a parachute and another struggling to figure out how to put one on. TFL workers wear the exact same thing when tasked with deep cleaning and sanitising train carriages during the Covid-19 pandemic - as Banksy proved with a short excerpt at the beginning of the video. This time, the anonymous graffiti artist entered the ongoing mask debate in the country as he took to the world famous London tube with his newest playful artworkĬaptioned “If you don’t mask-you don’t get”, Banksy uploaded the making-of video of his Covid-19 inspired artwork onto his official Instagram page yesterday.ĭonned in a white boiler suit, orange vest, goggles, gloves, a protective mask and a spray-cleaning bottle, the enigmatic artist disguised himself as a Transport for London (TFL) worker, before jumping on the train at the Baker Street station in Westminster, London. Styled by the Sunday Times as “the rat who gave birth to Banksy”, his social and political works have been a major influence on many of today’s ‘guerrilla art’ movements.LONDON, United Kingdom - United Kingdom street artist Banksy is up to his old tricks again.
Hypnagogia is a two-space exhibition, featuring installation work and originals on found objects, as well as outdoor work across east London.īorn in 1951, Parisian artist Blek Le Rat is widely considered the grand master of street and the originator of stencil graffiti. ROA has become famous for painting animals on derelict buildings, shutters and walls all over the world and was also included in The Museum of Contemporary Arts’ exhibition ' Art In The Streets' in LA.
The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QLīelgium artist ROA is renowned for his unique portrayal of large-scale urban wildlife, disquietly cohabiting city streets, hand painted in his distinctive black and white style. Presented by NO way and Rudi Khalastchi, Crazy Eye Hotel is a large scale, site specific installation of mixed media offering viewers the chance to explore the vitality and spirit of Israeli street art.
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