Small portrait of the artist Banksy | The Press

Are you an art enthusiast? Today, I invite you to discover a very talented artist named Banksy.

Banksy is an artist who makes works in the streets. One of his strengths is that he takes a fresh look at difficult situations. It helps viewers see the positive or criticize certain events. He is a very committed artist.

One of Banksy’s latest works is a good example. On a destroyed building in Ukraine, he painted a gymnast, which represents a message of hope for Ukrainians. We explain to you!

Who is Banksy?

First of all, it must be understood that Banksy is an anonymous artist and this is very intriguing for the public. We do not know his true identity, only his artist name. What we also know is that he is a street artist from England, Europe.

The artist has been creating works with political messages since the 1990s. He paints mostly with can paint and stencils.

Banksy has an Instagram account followed by more than 11 million people. On this account, he displays his various works. What is intriguing is that he does not sign his works, so you have to wait until he publishes them on Instagram to know that he is the one who created them.

A symbol of resistance

The work he created in Ukraine was made on the wall of a building demolished by bombing in a village called Borodianka. This gymnast who balances on the ends of structures is a symbol of Ukrainian resistance, as a gymnast resists gravity to stay balanced.

Banksy has also created other works in Ukraine recently. One of them depicts a woman dancing above a large hole in a building. The other represents a child doing a judo hold to a man. You should know that judo is one of the favorite sports of Russian President Vladimir Putin…