banksy’s painting of a workman defacing fellow street artist robbo’s 24-year-old mural image courtesy the mammal

banksy‘s latest handiwork has him on the street. the notorious street artist from bristol has gotten himself into a graffiti war, after painting over a 24-year-old mural done by fellow street artist robbo, in 1985. the artwork, located beneath a bridge over regent’s canal, had remained untouched until now.

banksy’s painting of a workman in overalls pasting graffiti covered wall paper on a grey wall, defaces robbo’s original mural. a few days later, on christmas, robbo retaliated by spraying over banksy’s painting of the workman with 3 ft high silver letters spelling out ‘king robbo’.

the happening has sparked a war of words on flickr, where robbo and fellow artists from around britain have expressed a disgust for banksy’s act of disrespect.

banksy in graffiti war with fellow street artist robbo image courtesy of banksy

banksy in graffiti war with fellow street artist robbo robbo’s original mural painted in 1985 banksy in graffiti war with fellow street artist robbo king robbo’s retaliation – obliterating banksy’s work with 3ft high silver letters spelling out his name image via robbo wrh pfb wd