{"id":6964,"date":"2021-03-04T20:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/british-street-artist-confirms-authorship-of-mysterious-painting-in-reading-prison-photos\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T20:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:46:46","slug":"british-street-artist-confirms-authorship-of-mysterious-painting-in-reading-prison-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/british-street-artist-confirms-authorship-of-mysterious-painting-in-reading-prison-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"British street artist confirms authorship of mysterious painting in Reading prison (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"firstP\">\n<p>British street art painter, social rights activist Banksy, has today confirmed on social media the authorship of a mural that appeared a few days ago in a Victorian-era prison, where the writer and poet of famous Irish Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The artist, who rejects fame and attention, did this by posting a video parody where he imitated the programs of American painting teacher Bob Ross.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago on the wall of the historic Reading prison, a picture of a prisoner trying to escape with a typewriter in his hand appeared.<\/p>\n<p>In this prison the poet, social activist Oscar Wilde was imprisoned from 1895 to 1897 on charges of &#8220;immorality&#8221;, which inspired his latest novel &#8220;The Ballad of Gaul of Reading&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The video says, among other things: Painting represents freedom for me.  &#8220;I can create the world I want to see, part of which I want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before the work was confirmed as Banksy&#8217;s, she was welcomed by Matthew Rodda, a Labor MP who said it highlighted the &#8220;national and international importance of the building&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Reading Prison was built in 1844 serving public executions.<\/p>\n<p>The first execution took place there in 1845 in front of 10,000 people and another 1,868 executions followed until the last one was carried out in 1913.<\/p>\n<p>The prison was closed as an execution site in 1920 and served as a concentration camp during the two world wars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bigGalleryBox\" id=\"g\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12 bgbC noPadding\">\n<div class=\"imageHolder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fk-4.png\" class=\"img-responsive fullWidthImage\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/2021\/03\/04\/artisti-britanik-i-rruges-konfirmon-autorsine-e-piktures-misterioze-ne-burgun-e-reading-fotot\/?foto=2#g\" class=\"galleryNav galleryRight\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"current2 text-center\">\n<p>Banksy has confirmed today on social networks the authorship of a mural that appeared a few days ago\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"last\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>top channel<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Google Analytics\n\t\twindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n\t\tfunction gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n\t\tgtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>\t\tgtag('config', 'UA-7855069-1');<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Facebook\n\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\tappId      : '1715618661991455',\n\t\t\t\txfbml      : true,\n\t\t\t\tversion    : 'v2.10'\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\tFB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n\t\t};<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\tjs.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t   <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/2021\/03\/04\/artisti-britanik-i-rruges-konfirmon-autorsine-e-piktures-misterioze-ne-burgun-e-reading-fotot\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] British street art painter, social rights activist Banksy, has today confirmed on social media the authorship of a mural that appeared a few days ago in a Victorian-era prison, where the writer and poet of famous Irish Oscar Wilde. 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