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“#Banksy murals vandalized over Christmas<\/strong>”
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Street art superstar Banksy has been tagged by lesser graffiti artists. <\/p>\n

Two of New Orleans\u2019 few Banksy pieces were defaced over Christmas weekend, with vandals nearly cutting holes in the barriers of both and writing in red spray paint \u201cTeam Robbo,\u201d on one and \u201cKing Robbo,\u201d on the other.<\/p>\n

The 1434 N. Rampart St. mural \u201cUmbrella Girl,\u201d understood to be symbolic of the levee system\u2019s failure to protect New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, was the more severely tagged over of the two, although fans were quick to try and protect it from further damage. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people out there who just don\u2019t like Banksy, and others who see destroying his work as a way of making a name for themselves, but preserving this mural isn\u2019t even about Banksy for me,\u201d local street art tour guide Carlos Fundora told The Post on Monday. \u201cThe people of New Orleans have lost a lot this year because of the pandemic, and this public art piece is a source of comfort and joy for many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s no surprise the public reaction to his power scrubbing of \u201cUmbrella Girl\u201d vandalism was intense: \u201cPeople in cars were yelling at me, thinking I was damaging it,\u201d Fundora told NOLA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was able to mostly remove the red tag from piece. <\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018What is that red?\u2019\u201d Julie Posner told the local news<\/a> outlet of the moment she noticed the tag while leaving the building the other mural is on this Saturday. \u201cWhat made my heart sink was the permanence of this. It\u2019s just so selfish.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tag is thought to possibly be a reference to late English graffiti writer King Robbo, who is believed to have been Banksy\u2019s rival. The claim is bolstered by the fact that the hole cut in the 12-year-old artwork\u2019s barrier app<\/a>ears to tombstone-shaped. <\/p>\n

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The Clio and Carondelet street building\u2019s owner, restaurateur Greg Surrey, said he gave Banksy permission to paint the mural, known as \u201cThe Gray Ghost,\u201d in 2008. Surrey told NOLA.com he plans to remove the tag and replace the plastic barrier, adding that he has previously considered paying to have the painting removed (a process which, he estimates, would cost at least $20,000) so he could auction it, but has so far chosen not to. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just sell the Banksy and throw in the building,\u201d Surrey said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gray Ghost,\u201d one of roughly 15 stencil pieces which the secretive street artist put up around New Orleans in August in 2008, shows \u2014 in typical meta Banksy fashion \u2014 a man blotting out a graffiti\u2019d painting of a sunflower. <\/p>\n

Banksy\u2019s other stencils from the period were quickly blotted out themselves, NOLA.com recalls, with building owners, graffiti eradicators and taggers almost immedia<\/a>tely painting over and removing them. The mural on Surrey\u2019s wall survived longer thanks to the plastic barrier he installed, allowing it to become a pilgrimage site for Banksy fans.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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