Banksy makes a new mural, against violence against women

Banksy has created a new mural and posted it on his Instagram account. It is titled Valentine’s Day Mascara and appeared on a wall in Margate, England, Kent to be precise. It is an artwork against violence against women: it depicts a woman, wearing 1950s clothing and dishwashing gloves (perhaps a way of saying that, according to the British street artist, on women’s rights we would still be stuck in that era), her face swollen (she has a black eye and she is missing a tooth, a sign that she has been a victim of domestic violence), who, however, manages to get the better of her man.

In fact, taking advantage of an abandoned refrigerator, Banksy drew the man’s legs sticking out of the overturned appliance, signifying that the woman, despite her violence, eventually got the better of the man. And she is in fact depicted in a smiling attitude. There are already thousands of comments on the image, including those of women recounting their experience. Banksy’s message for Valentine’s Day in short seems clear: if love is violent, it cannot be love.

Banksy makes a new mural, against violence against women

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