Streets: Banksy x Occupy London?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by sleepboy

What is purportedly a Banksy installation (see the TOX shoutout) has popped up at St.Paul’s Cathedral in support of the Occupy London Movement. The elusive street artist from Bristol’s alleged play on the Monopoly board game was remixed with the theme of the protests – corporate greed and corruption. We’ll see more and more artists get in the game in support of the 99% as these activists spread across the world (see original Occupy Wallstreet with Olek intervention).

More photos via Demotix after the jump…


Discuss Banksy here.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VVCI2KY6HJWEBQJLBVDPB5TKTQ Fiat

    This doesn’t look like a Banksy installation to me. 

    Does the source who uploaded the photos to Demotix, ‘PaulSoso’, have any credibility?  Does he really know what he’s talking about?

    My guess is the work was attributed to Banksy out of either (i) ignorance or (ii) disingenuousness — knowing full well that hijacking the name would maximise publicity and result in the story and photos being quickly picked up by other media outlets.

    • http://www.facebook.com/hungheiyung Hung-Hei Yung

      That is certainly possible Fiat.  We have been fooled before thinking a piece was Banksy and turned out it wasn’t and vice versa.  We have no firsthand knowledge of the source.

    • Anonymous

      Pretty sure it’s a “au do yuh seh” Mr. Brainwash… lulz

  • http://profiles.google.com/onethreeabc ben ellis

    Banksy, supporting the “99%” when in actuality he’s really part of the “1%”. SMH.