Guerrilla artists bombard the London Tube with Banksy posters
The London Underground became a focal point of protest after hundreds of unauthorised ads cropped up across the network critical of the UK’s arms sales.
Reportedly over 300 posters, previously housed at the Museum of Cruel Designs exhibition in Banksy’s weird and wonderful Dismaland, cropped up across the capital this morning (Tuesday 15 September).
Coinciding with the first day of London's DSEI Arms Fair at the ExCel Centre in London where arms are showcased and exported across the globe, the posters cropped up in bus stops, tube carriage boards and more.
A TfL spokesperson told London24: “This is not an authorised advert. It is fly-posting and therefore an act of vandalism which we take extremely seriously. We have instructed our contractor to remove any found on our network.”
Below is a collection of the works erected in the extensive campaign.
#Dismaland guerrilla hits #London #TfL w/ 300 anti-war posters: http://t.co/rO1lTHsATJ #WikiLeaks #Banksy #StopDSEI pic.twitter.com/pPdodvKZKG
— hazelpress (@hazelpress) September 15, 2015
Artists in Banksy's #Dismaland visit London for opening day of DSEI arms fair. Put up ads across city. #StopDSEI pic.twitter.com/oplIF7m6zH
— Gavin Grindon (@GavinGrindon) September 14, 2015
#Dismaland artists hit London tube with 300 anti-war posters: http://t.co/zl2T4umShz #StopDSEI pic.twitter.com/Sq4LOrRfSs
— Dazed (@DazedMagazine) September 15, 2015
Around 40 bus stop ad spaces in London this morning say: #StopDSEI @CAATuk @StopTheArmsFair pic.twitter.com/2zGAjz2Dxs
— Special Patrol Group (@SpecialPatrols) September 14, 2015