08/29/2024

Banksy’s Olympic Images

Underground artist Banksy has created three memorable images for the London Summer Olympics, released on his website this week and sure to cause controversy — not just because authorities have clamped down on graffiti but also because of the nature of the images, as in child labor, above. Here’s a full-on street view of that one. The javelin has upgraded to a missile and the pole vaulter is leaping over barbed wire into freedom.

Banksy’s website, here.


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