A ten-year-old graffiti artist is on the path to becoming the next Banksy after his ingenious takedown of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Under the pseudonym Wizard, he has released his debut artwork portraying the Russian leader as a Joker holding a ‘Trump card’.
He plans to auction off the A1-sized graffiti work to raise money for children affected by the war in Ukraine.
Wizard, who is concealing his name like the iconic graffiti artist Banksy, spray painted Putin as a Joker in a pack of cards two weeks ago.
He then portrayed the Russian holding a ‘Trump card’
Wizard, from Kent, told Metro: ‘Putin is making a bit of a joke of himself.
‘I have drawn him holding a Trump card because he is trying to use Donald Trump to win the war.’
Wizard, who got the inspiration from the card game Top Trumps, spent three days on the project.
He first cut stencils, before spraying the red and blue imagery and drawing the black outline.
Now Wizard has the legendary artist Banksy in his sights and says his artwork is just a politically minded.
(Picture: STEVE FINN PHOTOGRAPHY)
He added: ‘Banksy does political art and he shows the world is changing and we need to do something about it.
‘I want to do more political art and enter them into competitions.’
Wizard has entered the Royal Academy of Arts’ Young Artists’ Summer Show with his Putin artwork.
The competition is for four to 18 year-olds and the winner will have their work displayed on-site at the Royal Academy of Arts.
This is not Wizard’s first political piece. He used bin bags to and ocean plastics to produce a picture of the Earth in a damning assessment on global warming.
Proud father Jon Owens, a creative director in the advertising industry, is beyond proud of Wizard’s dedication.
He told Metro: ‘He is amazing. He blows my mind every time he comes into my office.
‘He had an actual playing card in his hand.
‘I thought, “that is just genius he is so smart”.
‘He is so thoughtful. Everyone that sees it is so excited by it.’
Wizard’s next work will be a commentary of Trump and President Zelenskyy’s shouting match in the Oval Office which has launched the Ukraine War into a fresh crisis.
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