An ironic work signed “Banski” settles next to the Banksy lighthouse in Marseille

Next to the lighthouse made at the end of May by Banksy in Marseille at the end of May, a parodic work signed by a certain “Banski” quips on the protection received by the graffiti of the British artist due to degradations. Similarly, The French at the origin of the wink denounces the two weights of the general public about urban art.

“Me too will they protect me behind a window?”. Consequently, On the side of Marseille. Nevertheless, just to the left of the recent flagship of the famous artist Banksy, protected on June 6 by a plexiglass window after being vandalized, a new urban work has just appeared.

Signed “Banski”. Moreover, this wink represents a boy pointing to the lighthouse tagged by Banksy in the Marseille city and wondering if he too will be glazed.

“It’s done to be ephemeral” – Ironic work signed "banski" settles

A parodic work. which reacted the Marseillais encountered in front of this exchange between artists by interposed graffiti. “He did not massacre the artist’s drawing. he is a very ironic work signed “banski” settles good joke”, welcomes a resident, while a German tourist considers the two pieces painted on the wall “like art, everyone is equal”.

“I do not see the point of protecting it. whether Banksy, Picasso or another as long as it is in the street, it is made to be ephemeral otherwise we put it in the museum and there we protect it,” said another passing to BFM Marseille Provence.

Behind this new Marseille graffiti is a French artist, night tapas. The latter also wondered about his Instagram account on August 17. “Do you think the sores will also protect him behind a window?” He wrote.

The objective of his work? Denounce the sacralization of certain paintings to the detriment of others. “Every day of hundreds of works’ from the Graffiti movement are erased. whole sections of the history of this movement disappear. People take risks. fines for fines perceived as vandalism ironic work signed “banski” settles by the general public when others find themselves protected and congratulated,” writes the artist.

So what will be the outcome for the character pointing to Banksy’s lighthouse? Erased or in a window? For the time being, the two works are still visible a few steps from the cornice.