His works feature poor children in winter clothings during the Christmas season.

On Monday, British artist Banksy confirmed he is the author of two identical murals that appeared in London, featuring two children dressed in winter clothing.

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Both youngsters, equipped with snow boots, coats and wool hats, are lying on the ground, while one of them points to the sky with a finger.

One of the murals was painted by the mysterious graffiti artist on a set of garages on Queen’s Mews, in the Bayswater neighborhood, while the second decorates a wall of the Centre Point skyscraper, in the heart of the U.K. capital.

Speaking to the BBC, artist Daniel Lloyd-Morgan interpreted the new Banksy work as a call for attention to the problem of child homelessness.

“Everyone is having a good time, but there are many children who are not having a good time at Christmas,” Lloyd-Morgan said, while lamenting that people appear to “ignore” the mural.

“It’s a busy area. It’s very striking that people don’t stop. They walk past homeless people and don’t see them lying on the street. It’s as if they were looking at the stars,” like the children in the mural, he said.

Hopefully, these new Banksy works will last longer than the one that appeared last September on the exterior wall of London’s High Court, which was erased by authorities shortly afterward.

That mural depicted a judge striking a person holding a bloodstained placard, interpreted as a criticism of the repression of freedom of expression. The artist, whose identity remains secret, is known for using street art to highlight social, political and environmental issues in different parts of the world.

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Source: EFE

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