Street artist Banksy has claimed a new piece of artwork which appears to have a theme of domestic abuse and fighting violence against women. Posted on his Instagram account today (February 14) on Valentine's Day, the wall painting appears to show a 1950s housewife, wearing a classic blue pinny and yellow washing up gloves.
Upon closer inspection however, the woman appears to have a swollen eye and a missing tooth and is seemingly shoving her male partner into a chest freezer. The series of photographs posted to his Instagram account was captioned “Valentine’s day mascara” and zoomed in twice to show a close-up of the woman’s smiling but seemingly battered face.
The piece is set on a white wall backdrop, on the side of a house, with users online speculating it is off Grosvenor Place in Margate, Kent. The elusive artist has also utilised rubbish on the ground in front of the artwork, including a broken white garden chair, a blue crate and an empty beer bottle.
