World-renowned street artist Banksy recently created a new series of small-scale murals featuring animals in London, UK. The murals have appeared in various parts of the city in recent days, and the artist has confirmed authorship via posts on his Instagram page.
The first mural featured a stencil of a wild goat maintaining its balance on a narrow column of a building while rocks crumble below its feet. The artwork is located in the Kew district in West London.
The second mural is located in Chelsea and sees silhouettes of two elephants extending trunks towards each other from bricked-up windows as a form of greet.
Finally, the third artwork features stencils of three swinging monkeys. The mural was placed on a train bridge in the famous Brick Lane street in East London.
The artworks prompted a series of theories from internet users about the meaning of the artworks. However, this will likely remain a mystery as Banksy didn’t caption any of the posts and rarely shares details about his inspiration or intention behind his works.
The new murals are the first from Banksy since March when he created a green splatter on a wall behind a cut-down tree. At the time, many took the artwork as a commentary on humans’ relationship with nature.
