Ukraine, two murals attributed to Banksy photographed in Borodyanka

DidBanksy go to Ukraine? Wondering are all those who in recent hours have seen the images of two murals photographed today in Borodyanka, a town of 12,000 inhabitants in the Kyiv oblast that has been sorely tried by the war (a number of mass graves were found there in the spring), by photojournalist Ed Ram. Ram, who was the first to circulate them on social media, wondered whether they might be the work of Banksy or an imitator: one mural shows a child knocking out the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, during a judo match (a sport Putin plays), while the other shows two children playing with a Frisian horse as if it were a rocking chair.

The well-known British street artist for the time being has not claimed the action, in case it is his. Thinking, however, that the work may be his are curators Stefano Antonelli and Gianluca Marziani, the first in Italy to raise the images. In the past, the two have curated exhibitions on Banksy (unauthorized by the British artist, like all the exhibitions that are visited in major museums: Banksy is in fact reluctant to have his works admired by the public for a fee, and for this reason he does not grant approval to the many exhibitions that are organized about him around the world).

It would indeed appear that the British artist traveled to the war zone to make the two works pictured,“ Antonelli writes. ”No claim yet, but little doubt that it is him. Banksy reappears after a year and 11 months of silence that had fueled various speculations. It is plausible that more will pop up in the coming days."

Ukraine, two murals attributed to Banksy photographed in Borodyanka

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