“A wall is a weapon, It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with”.

 

Banksy is one of the most controversial street artist in the world, but even after 20 years since he started to draw graffiti his identity remains unknown.

 

His artwork got a satirical background and talks about political ideas, and arguments such as the poverty of the human condition, the absurdity of western society, media manipulation, the atrocities of war, pollution, child esploitation, the brutality of police repression and the maltreatment of animals.

 

The mural on the back of the french embassy in London. The artwork represent a young crying woman, probably Cosette, a character from Les Miserables, a book by Victor Hugo.