British street artist Banksy's comment on Britain in 2008.
Last year 16 kids were killed in London in knife attacks.
His sinister picture of British youth was unveiled the weekend when Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London.
Johnson has promised to tackle youth crime which he's described as "the apex of a pyramid of violence, thuggery and bullying that is making life less pleasant for everyone in the city".
See the Banksy tag bottom right.
This picture was taken after the crowds had left the Leake Street Cans Festival, May 2008.
Now painted over.
29 Июнь 2010, 06:17 musicman67 Fitting artwork. Nicely done.
29 Июнь 2010, 20:39 i.rashid007 Fantastic work !!!
30 Июнь 2010, 12:04 samaiflores wow!!!!!!!!!!!! very nice
30 Июнь 2010, 21:24 Patiblue Great shot!!! Seen in a darckr gallery of your pictures (mine, ?).
01 Июль 2010, 19:47 Digital Agent fantastic processing, an instant fave
01 Июль 2010, 21:44 Patiblue Thanks my friend, for understand about the awards and logos, I don't mind when it
02 Июль 2010, 16:20 Canonplanet Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The New Academy: by: Invitation only - [ post 1, Comment 3 ], and we'd love to have this added to the group!nice capture and tone!!
02 Июль 2010, 21:34 Expatriate Games
You're capturing these very well...perfect
exposure here I think.
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Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)
03 Июль 2010, 06:04 Ron Layters I agree the exposure is spot on
04 Июль 2010, 01:32 MacGBeing Great photo and artwork.
05 Июль 2010, 00:14 madamasu Well painted, well photographed. Congratulations.
05 Июль 2010, 02:26 Andy Sheridan The man's a genius. Pure and simple.
05 Июль 2010, 18:33 therealpinkfloyd Heartbreaking.
06 Июль 2010, 00:46 Star Cat Nicely captured.
06 Июль 2010, 06:41 Meadaura Love love love. The photo seems eerily quiet – not sure why – making it all the better.
06 Июль 2010, 12:11 garethfw Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Best Urban Art, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
07 Июль 2010, 05:42 off-plan man looks like he got some nice trainers
07 Июль 2010, 15:06 bronzepony4u Seeing some of this has made me want to cry with both joy and sorrow. Only a true artist can reach out to into both sides and merge them as one. I truely must say that "Banksy" is an individual ahead of his time and should be givin so much more attention to. This is the kind of stuff that needs to be in our schools art departments etc. Priceless ..........
07 Июль 2010, 21:38 banksyfreak Shame it has gone,....I think!?
08 Июль 2010, 06:01 rebeccahamlett i really don't understand why people paint over it. it isnt just graffiti. its art. they should treat it like what monet painted or something
09 Июль 2010, 02:56 kurt_abel2000 Now Painted Over??? Really? WTF?
09 Июль 2010, 19:13 MeSoKool Hi, I'm an admin for a group called olny the best, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
09 Июль 2010, 22:01 Pablo_Sandoval true
10 Июль 2010, 14:07 QuarterCrawl art gets lost (painted over) all the time. Best we can do is get out in the streets and see it while it's still there.
11 Июль 2010, 12:42 Young Oldboy violencia en todo el mundo
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