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Palestine sous les Yeux de Banksy// Palestine through the Eyes of Banksy (En/Fr post)


Banksy is an anonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. Banksy is the pseudonym of a “guerrilla” street artist known for his controversial, and often politically themed, stenciled pieces.Their satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.

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Credit: banksy.co.uk

Banksy’s works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.Banksy’s work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that they were inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist who later became a founding member of the English musical group Massive Attack.

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Credit: Banksy.co.uk

Most of his fans didn’t really want to know who he is for years.His work not only includes many powerful, often controversial images, but they may also be found throughout the Internet as viral images. In 2015, he decided to travel to Palestine and the West Bank, where he stenciled nine images on the Bethlehem Wall. These images were an instant hit and virally exploded in the Internet.

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credit: banksy.co.uk

Back in 2015, the mysterious British street artist published a video on his official website in which he unveils his new works in Gaza city and raised awareness of the living conditions of its inhabitants.

Continue reading Palestine sous les Yeux de Banksy// Palestine through the Eyes of Banksy (En/Fr post)

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The so-called “zionist kiss”?Trump and Netanyahu share an intimate kiss on West Bank wall mural// Le soi-disant “baiser fraternel sioniste” entre Trump et Netanyahu sur “la barrière de sécurité” en Cisjordanie.


In the darkness of the night, a graffiti artist managed to make Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem — already considered the world’s most contentious wall — more controversial with a mural of President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharing a kiss.

Continue reading The so-called “zionist kiss”?Trump and Netanyahu share an intimate kiss on West Bank wall mural// Le soi-disant “baiser fraternel sioniste” entre Trump et Netanyahu sur “la barrière de sécurité” en Cisjordanie.

“Street Murals in Tunisia”.


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1205A mural by Belgian artist ROA decorates a wall in the surrounding area of the village of Erriadh, on the Tunisian island of Djerba, as part of the artistic project “Djerbahood”.
Artists from 34 diffrents nationalities were invited by France-based Tunisian artist Mehdi Ben Cheikh to take part in an initiative to turn Djerba’s Erriadh district into an “open sky museum”.
(Photo by Joel Saget/AFP Photo).
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A woman looks at a mural by South African artist FAITH 47 which decorates a wall in the village of Erriadh, on the Tunisian island as part of the artistic project “Djerbahood”.
(Photo by Joel Saget/AFP Photo)

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