{"id":130314,"date":"2020-06-06T19:09:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=130314"},"modified":"2020-06-06T19:09:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:09:56","slug":"banksy-reappears-to-support-blacklivesmatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/banksy-reappears-to-support-blacklivesmatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksy reappears to support #BlackLivesMatter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British street art icon <strong>Banksy<\/strong> has resurfaced, publishing a new work on Instagram in solidarity with the <strong>Black Lives Matter<\/strong> movement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130306\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-973x973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/highxtar-banksy-black-lives-matter-3-508x508.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The painting shows a monument with a lighted vigil candle that is beginning to burn an American flag, as well as a portrait of a ghostly figure surrounded by flowers and more memorial candles.\u00a0The piece is an unspoken acknowledgement of Banksy&#8217;s support for Black Lives Matter and social justice initiatives in the wake of George Floyd&#8217;s tragic death. It is also accompanied by a full statement from the artist himself:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;At first I thought I should just shut up and listen to black people about this issue. But why would I do that? It\u2019s not their problem, it\u2019s mine.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cPeople of colour are being failed by the system. The white system. Like a broken pipe flooding the apartment of the people living downstairs. The faulty system is making their life a misery, but it\u2019s not their job to fix it. They can\u2019t, no one will let them in the apartment upstairs.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cThis is a white problem. 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