A child laying Putin down and two children swinging on a Frisian horse: these are the subjects of two murals photographed in Borodyanka, Ukraine, by photojournalist Ed Ram, and attributed to Banksy.
Banksy went in Ukraine? All those who have seen the images of two are wondering murals photographed today at Borodyanka, a town of twelve thousand inhabitants of the Kyiv oblast severely tested by the war (some mass graves were found there in the spring), by photojournalist Ed Ram. Ram, the first to spread them on social media, wondered if they could be works by Banksy or an imitator: in a mural you can see a child knocking down the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, during a judo match (a sport practiced by Putin) , while in the other there are two children playing with a Friesian horse as if it were a swing.
The well-known English street artist for the moment has not claimed the action, in case it is his. But the curators think that the work could belong to him Stefano Antonelli e Gianluca Marziani, the first in Italy to relaunch images. In the past, the two have curated exhibitions on Banksy (not authorized by the British artist, like all the exhibitions that are visited in major museums: Banksy is in fact reluctant to let the public admire his works for a fee and for this reason he does not grant approval to the many reviews that are organized around the world about him).
It would seem that the British artist went to the war zone to create the two works in the photo “, Antonelli writes. “Still no claims, but little doubt it’s him. Banksy reappears after a year and eleven months of silence that had fueled various speculations. It is plausible that more will emerge in the next few days. “
| Ukraine, two murals attributed to Banksy photographed in Borodyanka |
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