N ARTS & CULTURE
By Farah Andrews
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| Banksy has unveiled a new piece of art on Instagram, inspired by the death of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests taking place around the world. Instagram / Banksy |
Mysterious street artist Banksy has shared a new piece of art on his Instagram page, along with a statement seemingly inspired by by the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests taking place globally.
The image shows portrait of a black figure with roses and a candle, in a funeral set-up. As you swipe though, you see that the candle is setting the US flag alight. "At first I thought I should just shut up and listen to black people about this issue. But why would I do that? It’s not their problem. It’s mine," he wrote.
"People of colour are being failed by the system. This is a white problem and if white people don’t fix it, someone will have to come upstairs and kick the door in." [
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