Banksy’s latest mural depicts a judge beating a protester lying on the ground by a wooden carpenter, drawing it on the exterior wall of the London Royal Court on September 8, quickly caught the attention.
The black and white imitation image has red spot markings on the protesters’ logo, similar to blood. According to the court’s complex, it is “deemed to be one of the safest places in the UK”. New York Times. Shortly after Banksy posted the mural image to his Instagram account, the work was covered and guarded by security personnel.
On the morning of September 10, the artist’s latest work disappeared, and a masked man was photographed scrubbed the image from the wall. Two policemen stood nearby.
A spokesperson for the British Ministry of Justice told New York Times In an email, the court was destroyed because the Royal Court was a building protected under the English heritage law and the court’s services were “obligated to maintain its original character”.
Artist and local fans were interviewed guardian It means Banksy chose image as a recent arrest during a Palestine protest in London on September 6. During the demonstration, nearly 900 people were detained by police during the demonstrations protesting against the Palestine Action.
The good legal project is a legal group that takes the murals to demolish and opposes Palestinian action and publishes its deleted image under the title: “The court is erasing Banks’ murals as if it is eliminating our right to protest.” The panel continued: “Silence a piece of art about silent protest? Maybe it’s too close to home.”
