Banksy has struck again, this time painting a large black cat that sprawls across a vacant billboard in northeast London. However, a contractor who said he feared it would be stolen on Saturday morning removed it within hours of seeing it.
The contractor named him Marc PA Avghe said the ad was scheduled to go down on August 12th, so he was taking it down in case someone “tear it down and put it at risk.”
“We will keep that pit [the artwork] in our yard, see if anyone collects it, but if not, it will enter in a jump. I’ve been told to be careful if you want,” he said.
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The cat is the anonymous British street artist’s sixth animal mural to appear in London in recent days. He follows goats, a pair of elephants, three monkeys, a wolf and two pelicans sprayed in various parts of the capital.
The wolf, painted on a white satellite dish in Peckham, south London, was stolen by a hooded trio in broad daylight on Thursday.
Banksy has posted each animal painting on his Instagram, confirming that they are real. Their importance has sparked a lot of speculation on social media.
The artist’s agent told him BBC he added that there was no “commentary on the subject” of the series, and that there may be more wallpapers.
The the observerHowever, a spokesman for Banksy says he has learned that a seventh painting “could soon be realized in a stunning location…London residents should keep their eyes open”.
The the guard as reported, he “understands” that “the vision of the artist is simple: the latest street art has been designed to cheer up the public at a time when the headlines have been dark, and often the light has been harder to discern than the shadow”.
The article adds that “recent theories about the deeper significance of each new image have been overblown,” Banksy’s support organization, the Pest Control Office, said.
