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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Banksy Hits Paris’ Walls with New Political Works Criticizing The Curent Government

By today, Banksy has got to be among the most famous street artists in the world. This evasive artist is renowned for his snark political commentary on how the government treats the working class, expressed through stencil art. This time, over the span of this Paris Fashion Week, Banksy struck Paris with six new works.

The very first one is a girl painting over a swastika with a pink Victorian pattern, which is a reference to the artist’s 2008 piece called “Go, Flock, Yourself.” The artwork criticizes the seemingly fascist French government migrant policies. The second one portrays a man offering a bone into a legless puppy, a metaphor for those politicians tricking people with claims that can have masked agendas. Another one is Banksy‘s take on the iconic”Napoleon Crossing the Alps” painting, that mocks the way that the French authorities lead the country, blinding people with fake promises. The previous three works comprise stencil rats — Banksy‘s signature stencil, motivated by Parisian artist Blek Le Rat, representing the working class and also how people can make substantial changes when working together.

Although Banksy himself has not signed or supported the works as his very own, experts say the functions certainly look genuine. Check out the brand new bits in the gallery below!

h/t thisiscolossal/demilked

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Artist Assembles Sculptures of Mythical Characters from Found Wood

Bennett Ewing, better known as Eyevan Tumbleweed, is a nature lover and artist who is an expert in wood sculpture, creating a succession of visages comprised of bits of wood that he collects from hills, mountains, swamps, forests, rivers, and beaches.

The wall hanging sculptures of faces in his group are pieced together meticulously and marginally extemporaneously, employing the natural colors, patterns, and instructions of various wood fragments to create countenances not wholly human nor entirely Elvin or fay.

Bonded with glue and reinforced with epoxy, the sylvan entities and their expressions of emotion and thought to portray a glimpse of an otherworldly kingdom which is not altogether unfamiliar. His technique ranges from smooth and spiraling to irregular and rough, blending fantasy with fact and impressionism with ornate design — an effect that might be something along the lines of abstract realism.

Unlike artists of other mediums, Eyevan can’t just buy more stuff in the art supply store. Instead, he always has an excuse to investigate the character, in search of the timber pieces to bigger unidentified puzzles.

H/T creativeboom

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