Belgian creator and artwork connoisseur Marc Pairon (64) visited the world across the Ukrainian capital a number of instances. Within the new artwork guide ‘BANKSY IN UKRAINE – F*CK PTN!’, he offers an outline of the seven Banksy graffiti. The guide was written in Flanders however printed and revealed in Ukraine. The Ukrainian postal firm Ukrposhta handles the worldwide distribution of the books. The proceeds from the sale of this artwork guide will go totally to the reconstruction of Ukrainian faculties (www.rebuild-ua.world). The official launch of the guide takes place on 24 February 2024, everyday two years after the Russian invasion. “It’s a serene tribute to all Ukrainian youngsters,” Pairon explains. “In spite of everything, they’re the principle victims of the struggle.”
In Kyiv, Banksy, whose identification has remained a carefully guarded secret, painted “On the Seesaw”. The work depicts two youngsters enjoying on an anti-tank impediment. Elsewhere within the capital, he built-in an earlier graffiti work into the mural ‘Navy Transport’.
On a broken constructing in Irpin, Banksy painted ‘Rhythmic Gymnastics’. A gymnast dances with a brace round her neck above a big gap within the wall. In Horenka, ‘The bather’ popped up, an outdated, bearded man in a bath.
Banksy in Ukraine – guide cowl
In Borodyanka, two works appeared: ‘Handstand’ and ‘The Judo Match’. In ‘Handstand’, it appears like a woman standing on a bit of concrete in a handstand. ‘The Judo Match’ is a recent model of the David and Goliath story: a small boy flooring an grownup black belt judoka. The male ‘big’ exhibits sturdy resemblances to 1 Vladimir Putin, who was stripped of the honorary presidency and ambassadorship of the worldwide judo federation shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. Banksy thus honours the superhuman feats of the Ukrainian military and native individuals, who heroically resisted a closely armed superpower.
Girl in Bathrobe, Banksy
The ‘Girl in bathrobe’ mural the British artist left on a constructing in Hostomel has already disappeared by the hands of artwork thieves. In the meantime, to guard the opposite Banksy graffiti from theft and vandalism, bulletproof glass plates have been positioned over the six different works.
n the guide, along with the seven murals, Pairon additionally discusses the now coveted Banksy stamps and associated restricted philately editions, issued by Ukrposhta on 24 February 2023.
The multi-coloured artwork stamp options Banksy’s ‘Judo Combat’. The title in Cyrillic of the occasional stamp is ПТН ПНХ! (Putin, Go F*ck Your self!) or FCK PTN! This curse is neither Banksy’s nor Ukrposhta’s invention, however as a resistance cry, it has lengthy been ingrained within the patriotic a part of the Ukrainian inhabitants.
Marc Pairon’s earlier publications embrace the 2006 artwork guide ‘Artwork Deco Ceramics – Made in Belgium’, which continues to be used worldwide as a reference work, and 2020’s ‘Banksy – The Walled Off Artwork Editions are Bought Out!’, an artwork guide about Banksy’s oeuvre on the West Financial institution.
The publication ‘BANKSY IN UKRAINE – F*CK PTN’ is offered from Ukrposhta’s on-line store (https://postmark.ukrposhta.ua)
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Predominant Picture :Judo Combat, Banksy