A painting that closely resembles the work of Banksy has appeared in a prominent place in the Faubourg Marigny. But we’re pretty sure it’s not really a work by the British street art superstar.
As early as 2008, Banksy secretly visited New Orleans, where he produced a group of about 14 stencils. Among them was his much-loved rendition of the Morton Salt girl standing under a baking umbrella.
The depressing painting, stenciled on the wall of a shelter for runaway youth at the corner of Pauger Street and Avenue St.
Graffiti is like a bouquet of wild flowers. It’s not meant to last long. But the so-called “Umbrella Girl” survived for 16 years, although vandals regularly tried to tear it down and an ambitious thief once tried to see it through the wall.
In January, a wave of concern erupted among street art lovers when the so-called “Umbrella Girl” disappeared. Fortunately, the building’s owner reported that it would be removed for restoration and one day returned, once the dilapidated former shelter was renovated.
Earlier this week, as travelers passed the painting’s former site, they might have thought for a moment that the Umbrella Girl had returned. In its place, an artist had produced a convincing approximation of the artwork as Banksy.
However, the new template was a macabre version of the original, in which the Umbrella Girl is depicted as a skeleton.
Someone had apparently been fooled by the impersonation. A few blocks away, they had tagged a wall with the message “Banky’s Back — Back Again.” In their possible excitement, they misspelled the artist’s name.
But no, Banksy remains again in Bristol or elsewhere. A popular local street artist and Banksy fan who calls himself “Banksy Hates Me” has come forward to take credit for the X-ray version of the Umbrella Girl. He quickly said he was not responsible for the misspelled label. Banksy Hate Me declined to share his given name.
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