Banksy new lighthouse art work confirmed to be in Marseille

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<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/a95c/live/c4475910-3cb6-11f0-af00-f94ff1cabcc0.jpg.webp" loading="eager" alt="Banksy/Instagram A photo of the Banksy piece of art. A metal bollard is in the foreground on the pavement, while a painting of a lighthouse is on the wall superimposed with a quote "I want to be what you saw in me". " class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Banksy/Instagram The brand new art work has been traced to the French metropolis of Marseille

Banksy's newest piece of graffiti artwork, revealed to the world on Thursday, has now been traced to a avenue in Marseille.

Photographs posted on the elusive artist's Instagram depict a lighthouse stencilled on a colorless, beige wall, together with the phrases: "I need to be what you noticed in me."

A false shadow seems to have been drawn on the pavement from a close-by bollard, giving the phantasm that the lighthouse is itself a silhouette of the mundane avenue furnishings.

Its location was initially a thriller, however BBC Confirm has confirmed it as Rue Félix Fregier within the southern French metropolis.

A picture of the artwork circulating on-line exhibits a blurred individual driving a scooter in entrance of the piece, with a graffiti tag seemingly studying "Yaze" additional alongside the wall.

The tag matches that utilized by a Canadian graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose Instagram account options images of his personal work however who has referred to as Banksy an inspiration.

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Banksy has stored his true identification a secret all through his profession, and it is just via the Instagram account that works are recognized as real.

Typically imbuing his works with a political message, his earlier items have alluded to immigration, the conflict in Ukraine and homelessness, amongst different issues.

The which means of a few of his works, although, is much less clear - similar to his motivation behind the sequence of animals painted in varied areas throughout London final summer time.

Previous to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted a chunk depicting a Madonna and little one, with a fixture within the wall showing like a bullet wound in her chest.

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