Banksy new lighthouse paintings confirmed to be in Marseille

Banksy’s newest piece of graffiti artwork, revealed to the world on Thursday, has now been traced to a avenue in Marseille.

Photos posted on the elusive artist’s Instagram depict a lighthouse stencilled on a colorless, beige wall, together with the phrases: “I need to be what you noticed in me.”

A false shadow seems to have been drawn on the pavement from a close-by bollard, giving the phantasm that the lighthouse is itself a silhouette of the mundane avenue furnishings.

Its location was initially a thriller, however BBC Confirm has confirmed it as Rue Félix Fregier within the southern French metropolis.

A picture of the artwork circulating on-line exhibits a blurred individual using a scooter in entrance of the piece, with a graffiti tag seemingly studying “Yaze” additional alongside the wall.

The tag matches that utilized by a Canadian graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose Instagram account options images of his personal work however who has known as Banksy an inspiration.

Banksy has stored his true id a secret all through his profession, and it is just by way of the Instagram account that works are recognized as real.

Usually imbuing his works with a political message, his earlier items have alluded to immigration, the battle in Ukraine and homelessness, amongst different issues.

The which means of a few of his works, although, is much less clear – resembling his motivation behind the sequence of animals painted in numerous areas throughout London final summer season.

Previous to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted a bit depicting a Madonna and youngster, with a fixture within the wall showing like a bullet wound in her chest.

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