Banksy Returns
Amongst the rubble of war-torn Ukraine, a series of seven works have now been confirmed by Banksy.
The first artwork to be identified, which went viral over the weekend, shows a female gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble on the side of a building damaged by Russian strikes.
The graffiti artist posted three images of the piece on Friday on Instagram, with a simple caption reading "Borodyanka, Ukraine"
Another depicts a boy, wearing a martial arts uniform tied with a black belt, flipping a grown man onto his back. Some have connected the image to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose honorary black belt was revoked by World Taekwondo this year, though this has not been confirmed by Banksy.
Other murals found include a rhythmic gymnast wearing a neck brace painted on the wall of a residential building in Irpin, Ukraine:
The artist makes use of an existing graffitied penis, which has been transformed to look like a missile on a military truck:
A female figure stands in a dressing gown and her hair in curlers, wearing a gas mask and wielding a fire extinguisher. The area had been badly bombed when it was temporarily captured by Russian forces:
A mural in the village of Gorenka shows a man washing himself in a bathtub in the spot where someone’s living quarters have been destroyed by war:
The last mural depicts two children painted on blocks of concrete in Independence Square, Kyiv. A metal tank trap, used to sit between the children giving the appearance that they were playing on a seesaw.
