Banksy's New Sculpture: A Hidden Rebel

0:00On April 30th, Banksy just dropped the bombshell, claiming a fresh sculpture in Central London as his latest piece. It's a guy striding right off a plinth, his face totally covered by a flapping flag. He confirmed it Thursday with a funny video on Instagram, showing the crew installing it under cover of night in the early hours of Wednesday. The spots right on a traffic island in Waterloo Place super close to Buckingham Palace. That plinth sits near statues of King Edward VII, who ruled from 1901 to 1910, plus Florence Nightingale and a Crimean War. Memorial. Before Banksy even spoke up, crowds of locals and tourists swarmed the thing, figuring it was his because of the signature scratched at the base. Everyone was snapping pics and debating what it meant. Banksy ain't usually about sculptures. He's the king of spray paint murals that pop up on walls worldwide. Right off in the early 1990s in his Bristol hometown, his works now fetch millions at auctions, though thieves and vandals stay on his.

1:00Trail. This one's another sly move from the mystery man who's never shown his face, keeping that street art tradition alive, where dropping pieces in public, hits like a quiet rebellion.