In Praise of Banksy. He Divides Opinion, But Does Important Work.

Last week the British street artist Banksy visited Ukraine where he created several pieces in the ruins of bombed out buildings in urban locations around the country. A series of murals appeared in the town of Borodianka, which was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/apr/07/drone-footage-shows-scale-of-destruction-in-borodyanka-in-ukraine-video" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">pummelled by Russian bombs</a> at the beginning of the invasion and which was the site of a massacre of hundreds of citizens. One of the murals depicts a man resembling the Russian president Vladimir Putin, who is known for his love of judo, being thrown to the floor by a young boy. Another mural in nearby Irpin shows a gymnast wearing a neck brace performing with a ribbon defiantly and proudly on top of a gaping hole in a wall. Later Banksy posted <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEdtCkJe4g/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this video</a> about his Ukraine trip on his instagram feed. <a href="https://medium.com/the-collector/in-praise-of-banksy-he-divides-opinion-but-does-important-work-eaa8bd937c00">Read More</a>