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Banksy shares female gymnast mural from Ukraine

Four murals in total seem to be from Banksy

LiFTED | Marcus Aurelius | 14 Nov 2022


Anonymous street artist Banksy has struck again. This time, it was in the war-torn region of Borodyanka, Ukraine, about 30 miles north of the capital Kyiv. On his Instagram on Friday, November 11, Banksy shared three photos of a female gymnast doing a handstand on a pile of rubble at the bottom of a building that had been hit hard by Russians in the war. The caption read only Borodyanka, Ukraine.

Banksy strikes again

Like a rose growing from the concrete, Banksy’s gymnast feels a bit like satire with a dash of poignancy. The young girl is trying her best to do what she loves to do surrounded by a bombed-out apartment building. Borodyanka is a city that was taken over by Russia at the beginning of the war but was retaken by Ukrainian forces in April.

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Three other murals similar to Banksy’s style have been spotted around Ukraine, but have not been claimed by the mysterious artist. One is a kid doing a Judo-toss on a man that looks like it could be Vladimir Putin. Another is a female rhythmic gymnast with a neck brace on top of a hole in a building. The final scene is two kids using an anti-tank trap as a see-saw.

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