An unusual piece of art has appeared on the wall of a property in Margate.
The painting shows a 50s-style housewife suffering a swollen shut eye, shoving, presumably, her husband/partner into a dumped chest freezer, off Grosvenor Place.
Questions have been raised on social media over who the artist could be, with some suggesting street artist and political activist Banksy.
Amy Richardson, who lives nearby, photographed the art work and said she first saw it this morning after a broadband van was driven away from the spot.
Banksy’s stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. He displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. His work has appeared at locations world-wide.
A Brexit comment piece by the artist painted in Dover in 2017 depicted a man on a ladder chipping away at one of the EU flag stars. Sadly, this was painted over.
The image does not yet, however, appear on the Banksy Instagram site, making it possible that it is the work of another artist.
A number of artists were in Margate at the end of last year creating public art on buildings as part of the Rise Up Residency. Seventeen local and international artists created street art in a bid to raise awareness of ocean conservation and the issues caused by plastic in and around our coastline.
Whitstable artist Catman also creates street art in a similar style.
Photos: Rise Up Residency artists at work across Margate
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