The anonymous British graffiti artist known as Banksy has produced what is believed to be his biggest work to date. The three story art on a post office building near Oxford Circus reads “One Nation Under CCTV,” and features a little boy painting the words, while a security officer watches.
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Close to the painting is an actual CCTV camera, and operators failed to stop the graffiti artist, even after he had erected three stories of scaffolding, sprayed the building, and removed the scaffolding under cover of night. So much for Big Brother always watching you.
The graffiti is a commentary on an over-monitored society, and follows the artist’s predilection for choosing themes that are almost always anti-establishment. Banksy, whose real name is rumored to be Robert Banks, is no ordinary two bit vandal – properties featuring his graffiti almost always have their values increase because of his art.