Three monkeys is third Banksy artwork in three days

Three monkeys is third Banksy artwork in three days PA Media Banksy claimed the third artwork on his Instagram on Wednesday Banksy has posted another artwork in London, marking the third piece of a new animal-themed collection – this time featuring monkeys. It is the third black silhouette composition that the Bristol-based street artist has
Three monkeys is third Banksy artwork in three days

Three monkeys is third Banksy artwork in three days

PA Media Three painted monkeys swinging from a bridgePA Media
Banksy claimed the third artwork on his Instagram on Wednesday

Banksy has posted another artwork in London, marking the third piece of a new animal-themed collection – this time featuring monkeys.

It is the third black silhouette composition that the Bristol-based street artist has claimed credit for since Monday.

On Wednesday, he posted an image on Instagram of the monkeys looking as though they were swinging on the bridge of an east London Tube station.

It is on a bridge over Brick Lane, near a vintage clothing shop and a coffee house, not far from Shoreditch High Street.

PA Media A group of people take a selfie on Brick Lane with the Banksy work in the backgroundPA Media
People have been talking pictures with the latest piece of work

James Peak, who presented BBC’s The Banksy Story, told BBC London: “Banksy is mounting a campaign – ever increasing number of animals, different disparate parts of London.

“Where’s he going to pop up next? Nobody knows. It’s quite exciting if you’re a Banksy fan, and a brilliant thing for London in August.”

He called the three monkeys “brilliantly rendered”, adding “I don’t know what they mean, but I do now that everyone around here has been talking about them.”

Three monkeys, two elephants and one goat

On Tuesday, the anonymous street artist posted a photo of two elephant silhouettes, with their trunks stretched towards each other, created on the side of a house in Edith Terrace in Chelsea.

He posted an artwork of a goat perched on top of a wall near Kew Bridge in Richmond on Monday.

PA Media A man takes a picture of the Banksy work of two elephants with his phonePA Media
Two elephants were painted on the side of a house in Chelsea

He did not write a caption for any of the Instagram posts, which has fuelled speculated online about their meaning.

Three monkeys have been associated with the Japanese proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”.

In Banksy’s work, the monkeys are not covering their eyes, ears or mouths.

Reuters People look at a spray painted goat on the side of a wallReuters
The image of a goat in Richmond was claimed by the street artist on Monday

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