イギリス在住の覆面ストリートアーティストの「バンクシー」がパレスチナ自治区ガザに残した作品のうちの1点が、700シェケル（175ドル、約2万1000円）と破格の値段で地元の男性に売られたことが分かった。4月1日、ロイターなどが報じた。
バンクシーは2015年初めにガザで、複数の作品をスプレーで描いた。その中のひとつが、このドアに描かれた女神が自分の頭部を腕に抱えている作品だった。
約2万円で売却された作品(C)SAID KHATIB VIA GETTY IMAGES
6人の子を持つパレスチナ人のラベア・ダードゥナさんは、2014年夏のイスラエル軍による攻撃で家を破壊され、家賃や家族のためのお金が必要だったという。売却後、ドアにバンクシーの絵が描かれていたことを知った。「絵の価値やバンクシーが何者なのか全く知らなかった。だまされた」と主張し、「知っていたら安値で売らなかった」として返却を求めている。
ダードゥナさんは「作品の価値やバンクシーが誰かまったく知らなかった」と語り、「知っていたらこんなに安値で売らなかった」と嘆いた。
（ガザ地区の男性、バンクシー作品と知らず壊れたドア2万円で売却 | ロイターより 2015/04/02 12:43）
一方、購入した男性は「絵を守るために買った」などと話しており、現時点で返却や売却をするつもりはないという。
バンクシーは社会風刺的アートを世界各地でゲリラ的に描いているが、その生い立ちなどプロフィールは明らかにしていない。作品は通常、50万ドル以上の値段がつき、2013年にオークションに出された壁画は110万ドルで落札されている。
バンクシーがガザで描いた作品はこちら。
Banksy In Gaza
(01 of07)
「地元の男性がやって来て『これはどういう意味なんだ？』と聞いてきたので、こう説明した。自分のウェブサイトに写真を投稿して、ガザの破壊された姿に焦点を当てたいのだ、と。インターネットの人たちというのは、子猫の写真しか見ないものだから、と」ー バンクシー\n (credit:Banksy/YouTube)
(02 of07)
「Bomb Damage」（爆弾による被害）と名付けられたこの作品は、ロダンの「考える人」からアイデアを得たという。\n (credit:Banksy/YouTube)
(03 of07)
「強者と弱者の間の紛争を無視しようとするとき、われわれは強者の側に立つことになる。中立になるのではない」（壁に書かれている言葉） (credit:Banksy/YouTube)
(04 of07)
「ガザが『世界最大の野外刑務所』とよく言われるのは、人々がここに、自由に入ることも、そして出ることもできないからだ。だがこの例えは、本物の刑務所にとって少々失礼だ。ガザでは、電気や飲み水が急に止まってしまうことがほぼ毎日あるのだから」ー バンクシー (credit:Banksy/YouTube)
(05 of07)
子供たちが釣り下がって遊んでいる建物は、監視塔。 (credit:Banksy/YouTube)
(06 of07)
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(07 of07)
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