Arrested Motion

So… It seems that one of the pieces Banksy put up last week has a back story that most didn’t know about. Apparently, he stenciled over a 1985 piece by Robbo and other writers who were some of the pioneers of graf in London in the mid 80s. This has caused a pretty strong outrage among some old school graffiti writers and it looks like Robbo has gone back to paint over the piece, cleverly incorporating Banksy’s piece just like Banksy incorporated his.

More images after the jump…

Original Piece

Banksy

Robbo Re-paint

Images and Info via Graffoto.
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Tags: Banksy, Banksy - Camden, Features, Robbo, Seen on streets, Street Art

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