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LONDON Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town spokesman said on Thursday, after the street artist confirmed that artwork that appeared on a red brick wall of the prison was of his making. The […]
LONDON - Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town s.
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image captionResidents woke up to the new Banksy artwork on Monday morning
Street artist Banksy has confirmed he was behind the artwork that appeared on the wall of Reading Prison on Monday.
The picture shows a prisoner - possibly resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde - escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter.
It comes as campaigners continue to lobby for the former jail to be turned into an arts hub rather than being sold for housing.
The guerilla artist confirmed the work through a video on his website.
The clip - entitled Create Escape - shows the piece being created under the cover of darkness, set to archive commentary from American painter Bob Ross.