With the hawking in media of a threat from far right rabble rousers, a so-called “Left” has made significant gains in getting people’s attention. Its anti-war, pro-socialist, post-Christian perspective is gaining column inches and YouTube views.
A flurry of protest marches in London have brought it to light. The history of it is lengthy. Its attitude is found in anti-trade theories, pro-frugality lectures, and post-political discussions. Its aggression has always been a part of its way.
In a stunning capture today, a notorious political activist has been located in a library in central London.
He isn’t easy to pin down, is extremely polemical, and has a high attention to detail.
It’s a ‘thing’ in the UK to graffiti and spread messages through graffiti art pretty much wherever space can be found that is public, and very visible from a particular vantage point.
I’ve seen in everywhere I go, without exception, and it exists in nice places and those places that come to be identified by it (as well as their other social issues).
In fact, in places like Bristol for instance, it’s looks like a big thing.
There’s graffiti everywhere, and it’s mostly down to one guy – an artist by the name of Banksy.
He’s a regular feature in our art scene here, albeit with a different take on where it needs to be (it’s not so different anymore, since he’s taken to art galleries of his own and also sales of works in proper auction houses like Christie’s in London). The news articles that appear usually do at his behest, meaning wherever a new ‘work’ has popped up overnight, left in an indistinct area of a town or city.
This is a guerrilla style of graffiti, but it has significant meaning for artists – and visitors – alike.
It isn’t universally liked, but it’s now a staple of art that is meant to be provocative – and modern. This is what matters to those who like art and are part of its ‘world’ – that it’s contemporary and speaks to all of us.
It doesn’t say much to any of us who disagree with his politics (whoever he is), but it speaks volumes for an insistence to freely express what is thought to be silenced, suppressed, or shouted out of a room.
I’m not sure what it is, in its entirety, but maybe we’ll find out one day. Until then, we’ll have to follow the campaign of an anonymous guy as he tries to get his point across, piece by piece.