Shared by M. Carmen Carbajo:

Banksy needs no introduction as an artist in the world of street art and popular culture. In fact, he has been responsible for the rising popularity of street art in recent years. From my point of view, not only some of his works make us think but they also critizice some important points of our society such as consumerism, inequality, power and so on.

Here there are three of my favourites pieces of art of Bansky located in London. They are food for thought.

1. “Shop Till You Drop” also called as “Falling shopper” in Bruton Lane.

This work shows this work depicts a woman falling from the top of a building, clinging to a a shopping trolley containing a few items. The aim was to point out the dangers of consumerism.

2. “The Jungle” in Knightsbridge

The work features the iconic image of Cosette from the historical novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. The iconic French emblem is depicted with Cosette shown with tears running down her face as she is engulfed in the fumes from the CS gas canister on the ground below her.

This stencil work criticizes and draws attention to the measures that the French authorities were taking to deal with the refugees in ‘The Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais, namely the use of deploying CS gas as a form of crowd control in the thousands of refugees who at that time resided there. It also points out the double standards of europe and criticizes.

3. ‘Aachoo!!’ in Bristol´s Totterdown neighborhood.

This work appeared on one of the side walls of a house at the junction of Vale Street y Park Street. this painting reflects the importance of wearing a mask to avoid the spread of coronavirus. In addition to the importance of taking care of our elders so that they are not infected by coronavirus.