■ This article will introduce the Banksy Map and the 10 works that you can visit in Paris with each stories.
■ From under the Seine bridge overlooking the Eiffel Tower and at the foot of Montmartre to the birthplace of Stencils, Beaubourg Paris, Banksy’s graffiti that appeared in the capital which instantly became hot news and caused a sensation on the street.
■ In 2018, 50 years after the Revolution [Mai 68] in Paris, 1968, a total of eight stencils were splayed by Banksy, a British anonymous artist who suddenly appeared in the city of light.
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Must-see banksy spots in Paris
Banksy’s stencils in Paris
Bristol-born street artist Banksy’s stencils were discovered in the French capital, Paris, on June 20th, 2018, on the World Refugee Day organaized by the United Nation.
A few days later, Banksy posted a series of art works, including stencils dropped in Paris, on his Instagram account, clarifying that they were his own.
An anonymous artist, Banksy’s stencils, creat excitement whenever it appears anywhere in the city.
Banksy’s works in Paris and addresses
Due to the nature of street art, it may have already been lost, vandalized, stolen or painted over.
In September 2019 there are still four places left in Paris.
■Paris 75003：13 rue de Beaubourg (M⑪Rambuteau) Stolen
■Paris 75004：2 Rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais (M①Saint-Paul ) Present
■Paris 7005：35 rue Maître-Albert (M⑩Maubert-Mutualité) Present (Protected)
■Paris 7005：2 Rue Victor Cousin (M⑩Cluny–La Sorbonne) Disappear
■Paris 7011：18 passage Saint-Pierre-Amelot (M⑤⑨Oberkampf) Stolen
■Paris 7011：9 passage de la main d’or (M⑧Ledru-Rollin) Disappear
■Paris 7016：Pont de Grenelle (M⑩Charles Michels/Mirabeau) Disappear
■Paris 75018：rue du Mont-Cenis (M⑫Jules Joffrin) Disappear
■Paris 75018：56 Boulevard Ney (M⑫Porte de La Chapelle) Present (Vandalized)
■Paris 75019：41 avenue de Flandre (M②⑤⑦Stalingrad) Present (Protected)
Paris Banksy map and stencils
■41 avenue de Flandre Paris 75019 metro②⑤⑦Stalingrad【Banksy Napoleon】
✔︎ Napoleon Crossing the Alps
The graffiti is painted on the walls of public housing where many immigrants living.
A leader wearing a veil and riding a horse has no foresight.
Does this criticize Emmanuel Macron, the French leader who takes a direction of the French immigration policy?
Banksy’s stencil is a tribute to Napoleon’s 1801 painting by Jack Louis David.
In front of the mural, immigrant kids are playing happily.
This work can also be confirmed in Street View.
I strongly recommend seeing this real Banksy artwork.
■ Pont de Grenelle Paris 75016 metro⑩Charles Michels/Mirabeau【Banksy Rats with umbrella】
✔︎Banksy Rats with umbrella and Eiffel tower
As if a couple of rats with an umbrella is looking at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Banksy dropped a couple of rats with umbrellas at a scenic spot overlooking the Eiffel Tower, a short walk down from the Grenelle Bridge along the river.
Today nobody’s there except cars passing by.
The wall has been painted, the tail of rats drawn by Banksy can be seen from the unpainted area.
■ 2 Rue Victor Cousin Paris 75005 metro⑩Cluny La Sorbonne【Banksy dog with businessman】
✔︎Dog and businessman in front of the Sorbonne University
Banksy’s stencil on the wall in front of the Sorbonne University, where it was a center of the May 1968 revolution in Paris.
Does Banksy criticise the educational institutions?
This Banksy’s stencil was painted on the wall of the hotel in front of the Sorbonne University in Paris.
(I also learned at this school building during my university years…)
A plexiglass installed on the hotel walls for protection of art work, had already been removed.
A man is trying to give a bone, a sawed dog’s forefoot, to a dog bleeding from a bandaged foot.
Does this stencil remind you of a microcosm of capitalist society that shows the relationship between capitalists and workers?
Currently, the walls was painted in white and covered with propaganda posters.
Maybe the owner of this hotel, the owner of this wall, painted it in fear that the wall would be stolen or distructed.
■ 13 rue de Beaubourg Paris 75003 – metro⑪Rambuteau【Banksy rat Pompidou】
✔︎Banksy’s rat near the Pompodou
Banksy posted in his Instagram.
Fifty years since the uprising in Paris 1968.
Banksy, Instagram
The birthplace of modern stencil art.
Banksy’s rat with scarf riding on the cutter may tribute to a pioneer of the stencil art Blek ke Rat.
Update：Banksy’s rat was stolen in Paris (September 2019)
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■ 35 rue Maître-Albert 75005 metro⑩Maubert-Mutualité【Banksy Rat MAI 1968】
✔︎Rat with MAI 1968 unofficial
‘Ribbon Mouse and the May 1968″ was drawn behind the restaurant on “Place de Mobert”, near Notre Dame and the Latin Quarter.
There is a morning market, a place where the medieval bread market in the 16th century, was a place where 60 Protestants were burned alive.
In May 1968, Paris uprising started from the Sorbonne University, the birthplace of the ‘May 1968’, spread across the country
This ‘Ribbon Ratè”xwx and the May Revolution’ << Mai 1968 >> is not posted on Banksy’s official website or Instagram, but it is probably the real thing.
This artwork has a really unique atmosphere.
Another ‘Ribbon Rat posted on Banksy’s Instagram, Mai 1968, has been erased, but this one is still alive here.
■ 18 passage Saint-Pierre-Amelot 75011 metro⑤⑨Oberkampf【Banksy Bataclan】
✔︎Bataclan Emergency Door
■ 34 rue du Mont-Cenis Paris 75018 – metro⑫Jules Joffrin
✔︎Rat and champagne bottle in Montmartre
After descending the steep stairs of Montmartre, a quiet appartement was stenciled with a champagne bottle and a rat flying in the air on a cork.
By climb the long stairs, you will find a vineyard that makes wines of Montmartre.
Although the past image still remains in Google Street View, it has disappeared as the wall was repainted.
■ 2 Rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais – 75004 Metro①Saint-Paul
✔︎Rat and champagne bottle ② Unofficial
Here is a “champagne bottle” painted on the wall of a restaurant in the Marais district, Paris. A rat has been disappeared.
This work almost reverses the stencil left at the foot of Montmartre, but details such as label, it has more details than those of Montmartre.
This work is not posted on Banksy’s Instagram or on the official website, but it can be authentic because it is painted on the wall of an Israeli restaurant in the Jewish Quarter of Paris.
■ 9 passage de la main d’or 75011 Metro⑧Ledru-Rollin【Mai 1968】
✔︎Ribbon Mouse and May 1968 ① Banksy Official
credit : www.banksy.co.uk
Banksy’s rat of the May 1968 was painted over and disappeared.
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