Another piece of artwork potentially created by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has turned up in East Anglia.
On Sunday morning, a visitor at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, spotted a new model of a miniature stable. The work depicts a small rodent standing on a wooden wheel placed next to the building. The words “Go big or go home” are written on it, along with what appears to be the artist’s signature.
On Friday, other artwork in the style of Banksy also appeared elsewhere in the town and in Gorleston, as well as in Oulton Broad and Lowestoft in Suffolk. Although so far none of these have actual authentication as genuine Banksy pieces.
Merrivale posted on their Facebook page that a never seen before model was found “sitting amongst our little cottages”. They say it “looked as though vandals had been decorating it”, but “upon closer inspection it was adorned with a familiar name to the street art scene”.
Owner Frank Newsome says the model does not belong to the village, “someone has brought it in”. He is no expert, but after Googling it, thinks the artwork “does look genuine”. They are “now trying to ascertain via the Banksy website whether it is or it isn’t”.
‘East Anglian staycation’
Banksy previously added his own work to existing attractions, including galleries Tate Britain in London and Le Louvre in Paris. He has also placed his own work on the walls of four museums in New York, as well as positioning a doll dressed as a Guantanamo detainee at Disneyland.
Rats is a common theme by the artist, often featuring in his work. The animals were caught causing disruption during lockdown by messing up his bathroom and spreading germs on the London Underground.
The other piece of art discovered on Admiralty Road in Great Yarmouth shows people dancing on a bus shelter. Meanwhile, in Gorleston, there is a toy grabbing crane like those at an amusement arcade. Artwork in Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, depicts three children standing in a boat placed under the painting. Elsewhere in Lowestoft, another piece on a wall outside a former electrical shop on London Road North shows a child next to a sandcastle.
Banksy usually claims responsibility for his street art via posts on his website and social media accounts.
Banksy expert Professor Paul Gough from Arts University Bournemouth is “pretty sure” the works are by Banksy or “very good fakes”. He thinks the artist “has clearly been enjoying an East Anglian staycation”.
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