Exclusive: secretive artist says he wants to cheer up people with pelicans, goats, monkeys – and now a black cat on a billboard
A big cat by Banksy appeared, poised ready to pounce, on a bare wooden advertising hoarding on Edgware Road in Cricklewood, north west, who confirmed that the image is his at lunchtime on Saturday, is now also promising a little more summer fun to come.has learned. London residents should keep their eyes peeled, a spokesperson suggested, for a few days more.
Banksy’s hope, it can be revealed this weekend, is that the uplifting works cheer people with a moment of unexpected amusement, as well as to gently underline the human capacity for creative play, rather than for destruction and negativity. Some recent theorising about the deeper significance of each new image has been way too involved, Banksy’s support organisation, Pest Control Office, has indicated.
Friday means fish and chips for many Londoners – and Banksy saw things the same way. So a pair of hungry pelicans appeared above a Walthamstow fish and chip shop on a corner of Pretoria Street, their long beaks snapping at fish. In June, at Glastonbury, an inflatable migrant boat created by Banksy was used to crowdsurf during performances by Bristol indie punk band Idles and rapper Little Simz. The Conservative home secretary at the time, James Cleverly,small boat crossings and “vile”. Banksy responded at the time by saying the detention of the Louise Michel by Italian authorities at the time was the really “vile and unacceptable” development.
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