

They represent the working class and the way regular people can make a huge difference when working together.Īrt historian and street art expert Paul Ardenne claims that these murals are very much in Banksy’s style. The last three works feature rats – Banksy’s signature stencil, inspired by Parisian artist Blek Le Rat. Some speculate it’s a metaphor for the politicians tricking the masses with masked agendas. The third one portrays a man feeding a bone to a legless dog. The second mural is Banksy’s interpretation of the iconic painting “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” People think it mocks President Macron, blindly leading the country. The girl was found near the Porte de la Chapelle metro station, the site of Paris’s official refugee centre “La Bulle” until August 2017. It definitely looks like a reference to the artist’s 2008 work called “Go Flock Yourself.” The mural criticizes the seemingly fascist French government’s migrant policies. The first piece depicts a girl painting over a swastika using a pink Victorian pattern.
