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| Banksy reveals new artwork - but location remains a mystery | Banksy reveals new artwork - but location remains a mystery |
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| Online speculation suggests the new artwork may be in Marseille, France | Online speculation suggests the new artwork may be in Marseille, France |
| Banksy's latest piece of grafitti art has been revealed to the world - but where it was painted remains a mystery for now. | Banksy's latest piece of grafitti art has been revealed to the world - but where it was painted remains a mystery for now. |
| Images posted on the elusive artist's Instagram depict a lighthouse stencilled on a drab, beige wall, along with the words: "I want to be what you saw in me". | Images posted on the elusive artist's Instagram depict a lighthouse stencilled on a drab, beige wall, along with the words: "I want to be what you saw in me". |
| A false shadow appears to have been drawn on the pavement from a nearby bollard, giving the illusion that the lighthouse is itself a silhouette of the mundane street furniture. | A false shadow appears to have been drawn on the pavement from a nearby bollard, giving the illusion that the lighthouse is itself a silhouette of the mundane street furniture. |
| But unlike a lighthouse, the post gives little away as to the artwork's location. A second, wider shot showing two people walking their dogs offers little more. | But unlike a lighthouse, the post gives little away as to the artwork's location. A second, wider shot showing two people walking their dogs offers little more. |
| Geoguessers on social media have speculated that the street art may lurk in Marseille, in the south of France, while others debate how to interpret the work's meaning. | Geoguessers on social media have speculated that the street art may lurk in Marseille, in the south of France, while others debate how to interpret the work's meaning. |
| Another image of the art circulating online shows a blurred person riding a scooter in front of the piece, with a graffiti tag seemingly reading "Yaze" further along the wall. | Another image of the art circulating online shows a blurred person riding a scooter in front of the piece, with a graffiti tag seemingly reading "Yaze" further along the wall. |
| The tag matches that used by a Canadian graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose Instagram account features photos of his own work but who has called Banksy an inspiration. | The tag matches that used by a Canadian graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose Instagram account features photos of his own work but who has called Banksy an inspiration. |
| Banksy has kept his true identity a secret throughout his career, and it is only through the Instagram account that works are identified as genuine. | Banksy has kept his true identity a secret throughout his career, and it is only through the Instagram account that works are identified as genuine. |
| Often imbuing his works with a political message, his previous pieces have alluded to immigration, the war in Ukraine and homelessness, among other things. | Often imbuing his works with a political message, his previous pieces have alluded to immigration, the war in Ukraine and homelessness, among other things. |
| The meaning of some of his works, though, is less clear - such as his motivation behind the series of animals painted in various locations across London last summer. | The meaning of some of his works, though, is less clear - such as his motivation behind the series of animals painted in various locations across London last summer. |
| Prior to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted another piece, depicting a Madonna and child with a fixture in the wall appearing like a bullet wound in her chest. | Prior to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted another piece, depicting a Madonna and child with a fixture in the wall appearing like a bullet wound in her chest. |
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