Banksy recreated his classic Balloon Girl image to feature a young Syrian girl, who is pictured reaching desperately for an elusive heart-shaped balloon. The heart is noticeably more realistic and darker than the previous version. The image is making headlines as the international campaign #WithSyria catches fire online. In a statement on his website, Banksy recasts the narrative of Syrias civil war as a struggle for democracy that began with an artistic statement demanding human rights, not that much different from his own. He then describes the countrys rapid descent from art to torture, protest and mass violence.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:06:21 +0000
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