A new piece of artwork at London Zoo has been confirmed as belonging to Banksy, marking his ninth artwork in the capital in nine days. The new piece, located on a shutter at the zoo’s entrance, shows a gorilla lifting it up allowing a number of birds to escape, while the eyes of other animals can be seen lurking in the darkness. Advertisement The work, which the artist has posted on his official Instagram account, appears to tie in to previous pieces, with animals scattered around London outside of their natural habitat.
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) confirmed that it will protect the image, and will leave the shutter down for the thousands of visitors to view the gorilla on Tuesday. View this post on Instagram Advertisement A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) It comes after his last piece, a rhino mounting a silver Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its bonnet, was defaced by a man wearing a black balaclava just hours after it went up. Advertisement Advertisement Located in Charlton’s Westmoor Street, the rhino piece was revealed on Monday and a video obtained by BBC News shows a man walking up to the artwork and spray painting it, leaving a white tag on it.
The crowd gathered at the piece could be heard saying “don’t do that” and as the person walks away, a voice from the crowd asks: “Why did you do that? Why did you do it?” Banksy has been posting artwork to his Instagram every day since August 5, and it is unclear how long he will continue dotting ar.