There's been another Banksy sighting. The super secret graffiti artist who blew up in the Detroit media a few weeks ago after one of his pieces was removed from the Packard Plant by the 555 Gallery has been discovered again in the same derelict building.
Excerpt from the
Detroit Free Press:
Bearing trademarks of the internationally known British graffiti artist called Banksy, a 6-foot mural of a yellow bird inside a cage has been found amid the destruction of a courtyard in the derelict Packard Plant in Detroit. A photograph of the piece, evocative of a canary in a coal mine, has been posted on the artist's Web site, http://banksy.co.uk, typically the way Banksy authenticates his work.
The canary brings the total presumed Banksys in metro Detroit to five, including the piece controversially removed from the Packard Plant by artists from the 555 Nonprofit Gallery in May. With three works destroyed and the 555 piece now on display inside the gallery, the bird is the only known local Banksy in its original location.
"Our worst fear is that someone might take it," said Mike Holtzman, 21, who discovered the piece Thursday with business partner Sabrina Fitzwilliams, 24. The pair recently launched a Web site, http://barebonesdetroit.com, which documents historic Detroit buildings and landmarks.
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