The subversive art of Banksy attracts tourists and locals in Paris

<img src = "http://malaysiandigest.com/images/stories/new3/syareen/22 /banksy_rat_Reuters.jpg "alt =" Picture: Reuters "width =" 260 "height =" 173 "style =" margin: 0; Pic: Reuters PARIS : The British artist Banksy , known for his politically charged sketches on the walls of London in New York and Gaza, descended on Paris, painting a series of murals that spark debate among locals and tourists.

Satirical images, addressing Issues such as migration and poverty, began to appear at the end of last month.The secret artist has since posted photos of them on his Instagram account and added comments, confirming his paternity. 19659006] A mural on a street in northern Paris where migrants often sleep, shows a black girl sva The painting was disfigured to give the impression that she draws the swastika herself.

Other depict rats, a banal Banksy motif, including a flying in the air at the back of a champagne cork and a pair walking under a parasol near the Tower Eiffel.

One of the most provocative, painted near the Sorbonne, on the trendy left bank, shows a stern man with a handsaw hidden in the back offering a bone to a pleading dog

Vincent , the director of an art foundation in Paris, stopped to take a picture while he was heading for lunch.

"This painting is of indescribable cruelty that is representative of the time" The man's look is empty and cold, while the dog is weak and full of humanity . I think it's a clear representation of the European context and the migration crisis.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the uprisings of May 1968, when French students and trade unionists organized violent demonstrations in Paris and its environs. Banksy painted the image of a rat holding a stencil pen and wearing a bandana over his face on the side of a building near the Pompidou Center. Another showed a Rat dressed as a Mini Mouse perched on the 1968 figures.

While two of the nine murals were disfigured, most others were covered with plexiglass to protect them.

Banksy concluded his series with a mural on an emergency door of the Bataclan, the music hall where 89 people were shot dead by Islamist militants in November 2015.

Picture depicts a woman in mourning, wearing what looks like a hijab, the scarf worn by Muslim women, although the painting also has echoes of Mother Teresa.

"This one is my favorite," said an American tourist. "I can feel that his sadness is deep and palpable."

– Reuters