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Banksy tours Gaza: creates dark, thought-provoking stencil series and video
02.26.2015
09:05 am
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Banksy Kitten in Gaza
 
Banksy’s back, and this time he’s traveled to Gaza to get the world’s attention. Never one to shy from controversy, the artist’s website was recently updated to show 4 new pieces that he spray-painted in bomb-ruined Gaza, along with a tourism-style video purportedly shot by the man himself. The 2-minute short, aimed at making a big statement about the grim situation there, is mockingly titled Make this the year YOU discover a new destination.

Here’s a look at the new stenciled art with descriptions, if given:

Banksy in Gaza
 
This one is called “Bomb Damage” and appears to be inspired by Rodin’s famous bronze sculpture, “The Thinker.”

Banksy in Gaza
 
Banksy in Gaza
 

Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But that seems a bit unfair to prisons - they don’t have their electricity and drinking water cut off randomly almost every day.

Banksy Kitten in Gaza
 
Banksy Kitten in Gaza
 

A local man came up and said ‘Please - what does this mean?’ I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website – but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens.

Banksy If we wash our hands
 

If we wash our hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless we side with the powerful—we don’t remain neutral.

To give you a feel for it, here’s a couple stills from Make this the year YOU discover a new destination:

The locals like it so much
 
Because they're not allowed to
 
You can watch the video in its entirety here:

 
via Juxtapoz

Posted by Rusty Blazenhoff
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02.26.2015
09:05 am
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Gaza Zoo Paints Donkeys to Look Like Zebras
10.11.2009
12:47 pm
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A zoo in Gaza has found a novel way to get around Israeli restrictions on the importation of animals by partly dyeing two donkeys so they resemble zebras.

The owner of the Marah Land zoo in Gaza City said he had used masking tape and black hair dye, applied with a paint-brush, to disguise the white females.

Dye-job donkeys wow Gaza children

Posted by Tara McGinley
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10.11.2009
12:47 pm
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