\u0027This is such a historic moment for our country, that people like Banksy and other famous figures are coming here and showing the world what Russia has done to…
Banksy posted a photo of the mural — a girl gymnast performing a handstand on a small pile of concrete rubble — on Instagram late on Friday. The work was painted onto the wall of a building destroyed by shelling.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The symbolism of that piece was unmistakeable: an allusion to the biblical story of David and Goliath, the unlikely triumph of the underdog, as well as a nod to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much-publicized love of the Japanese martial art. A new graffiti in Banksy’s signature style is seen in Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media.Several curious onlookers came to see the artwork, some of whom had made the 60 km drive from Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv.
“This is such a historic moment for our country, that people like Banksy and other famous figures are coming here and showing the world what Russia has done to us,” said one of the visiting Kyivans, 31-year-old Alina Mazur. A cat sits near a work of world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy at the wall of destroyed building in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka.A new graffiti in Banksy’s signature style is seen in Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media.A new graffiti in Banksy’s signature style is seen in Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media.A new graffiti in Banksy’s signature style is seen in Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media.
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