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THE ELUSIVE STREET artist Banksy has confirmed that he was behind new street art which has appeared in Suffolk and Norfolk.
In a video on his Instagram account, the artist is seen driving around in a camper van, stopping in various locations to work on the creations – while wearing a hoodie to conceal his identity.
Banksy dubbed the art ‘A Great British Spraycation’.
Among them are a rat sitting on a deckchair with a glass under an umbrella, a grabbing machine situated above a bench and a seagull on the side of a building.
Another shows three children standing in a boat which appears to have been fashioned out of a piece of scrap metal. It features one child looking ahead as though out to sea, another child behind looking over their shoulder and a third child at the back of the boat appearing to be leaning over the side holding a bucket.
Writing above the artwork says: “We’re all in the same boat.”
Banksy was quickly speculated to be behind the work when it first appeared earlier this month.
The metal part of the artwork has since been removed.
In the video, Banksy is also seen climbing up to a statue, putting an ice cream in its hand while making a tongue appear from its mouth.
The artist confirmed another work spotted on a wall which appears to show a child next to a sandcastle.
A slab next to the sandcastle seems to have been raised from the pavement and is sitting out of place next to where it appears it should be.
In the video, a woman remarks: ‘That looks like mindless vandalism, that.’
He also depicted a musician on a wall playing an instrument while two people dance beside him. The three are positioned so as to appear that they are standing on top of a bus shelter in front of the wall.
Banksy also wrote “Go Big Or Go Home” on the side of a small building in Merrivale Model Village.
Earlier this year, Banksy raised more than £16 million for health projects with the auction of a painting offering an “image of hope”.
The anonymous graffiti artist auctioned the original canvas, with the reproduction of the work remaining in the hospital.
The painting fetched £16.7 million, which is a world auction record for the artist, according to Christie’s.
– with reporting from PA
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cost of.living goes up but wages don’t,how longer can this continue
Some wages are increasing. Public service increments are still payed even though we are a bankrupt state.
Glad that my salary rose by 4% in the same period then.
ah itl be grand sure that Kenny lad is sound out
But the ultimate “cost” in the long run will be a radical reduction in the quality of lives of those struggling and swamped with bills. The real cost will be huge stress and worry about how to make ends meet.
Did those troika bastards not say the exact opposite to this headline during the week?
wait thats all lies those honest, lovable,hardworking,underpaid nice men from the troika reckons the cost of living in ireland is down a lot and we all should have our wages and welfare cut…….I am shocked that they may have lied to us on this!
It’s because our welfare and minimum wage are too high that inflation is up. It’s insane. If you want cost of living to fall they have to come down. Not popular, but an unfortunate truth.
The sum of life in Ireland. Higher taxes + Lower Wages + Government Levies + Universal Social Charge + Negative Equity + Bank Bailouts + Mortgage Interest + Expensive Petrol + Energy Prices + Cost of Living = 0 left to spend in the local economy such as food, clothing and general day to day / recreational expenses.
So much for the much vaunted low cost economy.
Ah sur it doesn’t matter it’s only the citizens of iredland who have to suffer, because politicians get their petrol paid for by us anyway through their “expenses”. What a flamin joke. The fools in government now will have us back in the times of the famine by 2016 because all we,ll be living off of is bread nd butter cos that’s all we,ll be able to afford, while the “leaders” get fed with golden spoons.
There,s a lot more Irish citizens in Ireland than there is in the dail. These muppets need to go!!!
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
So much for the deflation death spiral that austerity was supposed to bring.
ahh dont cut me welfare
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