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Banksy: New coronavirus-inspired artwork appears on Tube | Banksy: New coronavirus-inspired artwork appears on Tube |
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Banksy has returned to the London Underground with a piece encouraging people to wear a face mask. | Banksy has returned to the London Underground with a piece encouraging people to wear a face mask. |
A video posted on his Instagram page shows a man, believed to be the enigmatic artist, disguised as a professional cleaner. | |
He can been seen ordering passengers away as he gets to work, stencilling rats around the inside of a carriage. | |
The artist's name is also daubed across the driver's door of a train. | The artist's name is also daubed across the driver's door of a train. |
The work - called If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, features a number of rats in pandemic-inspired poses and wearing face masks. | The work - called If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, features a number of rats in pandemic-inspired poses and wearing face masks. |
One rodent stencilled on the Circle Line train appears to be sneezing, while another is shown spraying anti-bacterial gel. | One rodent stencilled on the Circle Line train appears to be sneezing, while another is shown spraying anti-bacterial gel. |
At the end of the video, the words "I get lockdown" appear on the side of a station wall, followed by "but I get up again" as the train's doors close, while Chumbawamba's 1997 song Tubthumping plays. | At the end of the video, the words "I get lockdown" appear on the side of a station wall, followed by "but I get up again" as the train's doors close, while Chumbawamba's 1997 song Tubthumping plays. |
All users of public transport in London must wear a face mask. | All users of public transport in London must wear a face mask. |
Face masks on public transport - one month on | Face masks on public transport - one month on |
Early on in his career Banksy, originally from Bristol, often spray painted rats and monkeys on to Tube trains. | Early on in his career Banksy, originally from Bristol, often spray painted rats and monkeys on to Tube trains. |
The street artist often uses rats and monkeys in his work, and spray-painted both on Tube trains early in his career. | The street artist often uses rats and monkeys in his work, and spray-painted both on Tube trains early in his career. |