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Banksy, Britain’s most well-known street artist, confirmed on Friday what many had assumed for a long time: he is the artist behind a number of works that have recently appeared in British coastal towns.
The secretive artist is seen taking a summer road trip in a beat-up camper van with cans of spray paint packed in a cooler in an Instagram video clip dubbed “A Great British Spraycation,” which is just over three minutes long.
In another, a mechanical claw dangles above a public bench, as if someone sitting there is ready to be plucked up like a prize in an arcade game, in line with the seashore theme.
Another depicts a colossal bird swooping down to snare some oversized chips (or French fries in the United States) from a trash can or dumpster.
Three youngsters are depicted aboard an unsteady boat in the fourth shot. While one looks ahead, the other fills a bucket with water.
“We’re all in the same boat,” reads the placard above them.
In a black and white painting reflecting the fading, down-at-heel vibe of many of the country’s once-prosperous beach towns, a couple dances on the roof of a bus shelter to the melody of a flat-capped accordion player.
In recent years, the Bristol artist has retained the modern art world’s attention with his social observations and causes — migrants, resistance to Brexit, denunciation of Islamist militants — as well as igniting the frenzy of the moneyed art markets.
A painting honouring caretakers sold for a world record 14.4 million pounds ($20 million, 20 million euros) in March.
Christie’s auctioneers indicated at the time that the money went to a hospital charity.
