Revolutionary street artist, Banksy, has unveiled a new series of work in Gaza. The first piece he revealed entitled “Bomb Damage” was inspired by a sculpture of the Greek mythological figure, Niobe. According to myths, Niobe turned to stone that constantly wept after her children were killed out of spite.
Two quotes were added with the images:
“Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons—they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.”
“A local man came up and said ‘Please—what does this mean?’ I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website—but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens.”
Like a previous piece from 2013 located in New York City, Banksy created another text-based piece that reads, “If We Wash Our Hands Of The Conflict Between The Powerful And The Powerless We Side With The Powerful—We Don’t Remain Neutral”.
Below are images of Banksy’s work:
Sources:
Smith-Spark, Laura. CNN. Feb 26, 2015. (http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/middleeast/gaza-banksy-film/index.html)
Street Art News. Feb 25, 2015. (http://www.streetartnews.net/search/label/Banksy)
The Mind Unleashed. Feb 27, 2015. (http://themindunleashed.org/)
I do not understand this piece. The problem with Gaza is not Israel, the problem with Gaza is the fact that their run by a terrorist organization no better than ISIS. HAMAS has not paid heir electric bill for YEARS, they put all of Gaza’s money into building terror tunnels instead of infrastructure and education. This is the plight of the people of Gaza not Israel! Stop leading people on with misinformation!
And the problem was not the Germans when the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto were starving but smuggling in weapons through tunnels, right? Google is an awesome tool when you want to see the truth. Just type in “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising”, then tell me Israel is not the problem. Hamas did not exist until the 1980’s-the occupation started long before that.
I do not understand this piece. The problem with Gaza is not Israel, the problem with Gaza is the fact that their run by a terrorist organization no better than ISIS. HAMAS has not paid heir electric bill for YEARS, they put all of Gaza’s money into building terror tunnels instead of infrastructure and education. This is the plight of the people of Gaza not Israel! Stop leading people on with misinformation!