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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Banksy's Rats Mess Up Bathroom in Lockdown

Banksy, the British graffiti artist whose identity has never been publicly revealed, used his Instagram account to share pictures featuring a new mural he painted during self-isolation.

According to BBC, the mural shows rats wreaking havoc on what is assumed to be his bathroom's walls, and messing around the sink and the toilet.

Nine rats appear in the new pictures stepping on a tube of toothpaste and knocking the bathroom mirror to one side. A mischievous rodent was seen skipping on a roll of toilet paper which has rolled down and across the floor, while another is swinging from the light cord. And one rat was caught stealing a lipstick that belongs to his wife.

Banksy's last public artwork appeared on Valentine's Day in his home city of Bristol and showed a girl firing red flowers from a catapult.

Known for using graffiti to reflect the reality of society from a unique perspective, the British artist managed to change the common view about this art, which many societies describe as vandalism that distorts public places. He used his talent to communicate targeted social and humanitarian messages that turned graffiti into one of the most prominent forms of modern art.

In December, Banksy highlighted the matter of homeless people with a mural depicting two reindeer dragging a homeless sleeping on a park bench in Birmingham, central England.

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