From Banksy, with love on Valentine’s Day: World-famous graffiti artist reveals domestic abuse-themed wall painting of battered 1950s housewife shoving her male partner into a chest freezer
- The painting has been claimed by the famous Bristol-born graffiti artist Banksy
- Many have speculated that it has appeared near Grosvenor Place in Margate
- The artwork appeared on his Instagram account, generating thousands of likes
Banksy has confirmed that a new piece of artwork which appears to centre on domestic abuse and ending violence against women is his own handiwork.
The painting, which many have speculated is off Grosvenor Place in Margate, Kent, appears to show a 1950s housewife wearing a blue pinny and yellow washing up gloves pushing her partner into a chest freezer.
In the image, the woman also has a swollen eye and a missing tooth.
The elusive artist captioned the piece ‘Valentine’s Day mascara’ in a series of images posted on his Instagram account, two of which are zoomed in to show a close-up of the woman’s smiling but bruised face.
The piece is set on a white wall backdrop.
The painting, which many have speculated is off Grosvenor Place in Margate, Kent, appears to show a 1950s housewife wearing a blue pinny and yellow washing up gloves pushing her partner into a chest freezer.
In the image, the woman also has a swollen eye and a missing tooth
The artwork also features rubbish on the group in front of it, including a broken white garden chair, a blue crate and an empty beer bottle.
It was shared to Banksy’s 11.8 million Instagram followers and has already generated hundreds of thousands of likes and comments.
The three images shared on the account zoom closer onto the face of the woman, with the final image showing the title of the piece in the bottom right hand corner.
Fans have speculated that the Bristol-born artist is referring to ending violence against women.
Banksy has previously painted artwork on Valentine’s Day. In 2020, he confirmed artwork that appeared in Bristol of a girl firing red flowers made with spray-painted ivy from a catapult was his.
The piece was extra special as it featured 3D flowers attached to the wall.
The piece was subsequently vandalised, which prompted the owners of the house on which the graffiti was stencilled to cover over one part of the ruined artwork while encasing the other in a transparent box to prevent further damage.
A brand new tag depicting a masked man attempting to pry away the covering with a crowbar appeared at the site last year, fuelling speculation that Banksy himself may have reappeared to graffiti the same location almost two years on.
However, nothing was confirmed as the artist did not post anything about it on his account.
Many have speculated that the latest Bansky has appeared off Grosvenor Place in Margate, Kent
It is rumoured the latest Banksy is in Margate, Kent, given the white background of the painting
In December, the anonymous graffiti artist announced they had created 50 screenprints which would be sold to raise funds for a charity supporting the people of Ukraine.
Banksy previously confirmed they had spent time in Ukraine after posting a video of an artist spray-painting designs in the war-torn country and speaking to locals.
In a piece the artist shared online, a female gymnast can be seen balancing on her hands on rubble at the bottom of a an apartment building, which has been completely gutted by Russian shelling.
Speculation had been mounting that the anonymous graffiti icon was in the war-torn country after a series of murals appeared in the town of Borodyanka, about an hour’s drive north-west of the capital.
One mural depicted a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin being flipped during a judo match with a little boy.
Another showed two children using a metal tank trap as a seesaw, while a separate piece in nearby Irpin showed a rhythmic gymnast waving a ribbon while wearing a neck brace.
However, the mural which Banksy chose to share with his Instagram followers was that of the female gymnast balancing on a damaged building.
He later shared a video on his Instagram account which showed him completing the artworks in Ukraine.
