Ironic, sharp, provocative. Banksy succeeds every time to amaze people and make them talk about him. This time he is back with a public intervention: an ironic mural, less politically engaged than other recent interventions, but that does not fail to make us reflect on the current situation.
In Totterdown, a suburb of the English town of Bristol, an elderly woman recently appeared on the wall of a house. She is slightly bent forward, with one hand backwards letting go her walking stick and purse, and the other, towards her face, holding a handkerchief. She sneezes loudly, making her dentures fly into the air.
Ironic and immediately viral: here is the new work by Banksy
The style of the mural is very recognizable and if that were not enough, Banksy has confirmed the authorship of the work by sharing three shots on his Instagram profile (the only official channel through which the street artist communicates). And in the caption there is the title of Banksy's new work: "Aachoo!!".
A lighter intervention, this time, which makes us smile, but does not fail to make us reflect on the emergency health situation that we are all experiencing. Softening the tone and with a certain irony, Banksy has managed to make people talk about him, and the images of the funny sneezing old lady have already invaded social media and newspapers.