Sunday, September 17, 2006

Banksy strikes again

Guerilla artist Banksy has struck again - by sneaking a statue of a Guantanamo Bay detainee into Disneyland.

The manacled figure in an orange jumpsuit appeared inside the Rocky Mountain Railroad ride, reports the Mirror.

It was there almost two hours before being removed by guards at the California theme park.

Bristol-born Banksy says he wanted to highlight the plight of terror suspects held in Cuba.

Banksy is notorious for his subversive stunts - such as sneaking doctored versions of classic paintings into major art galleries.

In 2005, he embarrassed the British Museum by planting a hoax cave painting of a man pushing a supermarket trolley, which he said went unnoticed for three days.

Last week, he smuggled 500 "alternative" versions of Paris Hilton's album into record shops around the UK.

The artist replaced Hilton's songs with his own remixes, which were given titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?

He also changed the artwork to show the US socialite topless and with a dog's head.

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