Banksy unveils new art work highlighting issue of homelessness

12 Dec 2019

Banksy unveils new art work highlighting issue of homelessness

Banksy unveils new art work highlighting issue of homelessnessHomelessness is a huge problem that millions of people face around the world. While many families will be celebrating festivities, the winter season is an especially difficult time for homeless people.

Street artist Banksy unveiled a new artwork to highlight this issue, especially around Christmas and New Year.

The artwork, which is part of a video, shows a homeless man sleeping on a bench on the street and the bench is being pulled by two reindeer. It has been painted on a public wall on a street in Birmingham, England.
 	Banksy unveiled the artwork on 9 December in a video on his Instagram page. The video (below) shows a homeless man named Ryan sitting down on with his belongings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=j6EM4IILiHc&feature=emb_logo

A few hours later, an unknown person painted red noses on the reindeer.
 	The wall's owners Network Rail says that while they usually remove graffiti (unauthorised public wall paintings), they will be preserving this painting and have put a plastic covering on it.

Who is Banksy?

Banksy is a mysterious England-based artist and filmmaker whose work keeps coming up on streets, walls and bridges around the world.
 	His paintings have become very famous and usually depict (show) current political issues.

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