In2007BanksygoestoPalestinetopaintonwalls.Someonetakesoffenseatapiecedepictingan
In2007BanksygoestoPalestinetopaintonwalls.SomeonetakesoffenseatapiecedepictinganIsraelisoldiercheckingadonkey’sID.AlocaltaxidriverdecidestocutitoffandsellitbacktotheWest.ThisisthestoryofthePalestinianperspectiveandreactiontostreetartthroughtheworkofitsmostcelebratedhero.Thestoryofanillegalblackmarketofartstolenfromstreetsaroundtheworld,culturesclashinginthefaceofanunsustainablepoliticalsituationandfinallyofthechangingperceptiononstreetart.Itisnotonestory,butmany.LikeBanksy’sartwouldbemeaninglesswithoutitscontext,sotheabsenceofitwouldbemeaninglesswithoutanunderstandingoftheelementsthatbroughthisartworkfromBethlehemtoaWesternauctionhouse,alongwiththewallitwaspaintedon.
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