Banksy In Gaza: Graffiti Artist Unveils Latest Art Amongst Destroyed Neighborhoods, Including Cat Mural [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
Street graffiti artist Banksy has brought his art to the Gaza Strip.
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Banksy is known for using public spaces to make a statement and his latest works of art can be found in Gaza.
On Wednesday the controversial artist uploaded a video on his YouTube channel, which can be viewed below, in which he arrives in Gaza and starts creating the art he is known for.
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The video is called Make this the year YOU discover a new destination and in it Banksy goes through illegal tunnels to get to the Gaza Strip.
On Instagram Thursday, Banksy revealed a photo of one of his creations in Gaza. It's of a weeping figure.
On his website, the artist explained in a caption for the same creation, "Bomb damage, Gaza City".
Banksy also shared an image of his cat creation on his website.
"A local man came up and said 'Please - what does this mean?' I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens," Banksy explained in the caption.
The artist also shared a photo of the creation he made of children swinging on a watchtower.
Banksy also posted two videos on Instagram from his Gaza journey, which are clips from the video he shared on his YouTube channel.
#Banksy #Gaza Full video in instagram profile A video posted by Banksy (@banksy) on Feb 26, 2015 at 8:53am PST
The short video also shows a quotation Banksy put on a wall: "If we wash our hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless we side with the powerful - we don't remain neutral."
A publicist for Banksy revealed to The New York Times Thursday a quote from the street artist.
"I don't want to take sides. But when you see entire suburban neighborhoods reduced to rubble with no hope of a future - what you're really looking at is a vast outdoor recruitment center for terrorists. And we should probably address this for all our sakes," Banksy said.
