While we’re thrilled that Banksy’s put up a new work that Bushwick can call its very own, the incomparable international man of mystery has, as usual, left us with lots of questions about this contribution to the street art mecca we call home. Looking for answers, Bushwick Daily reached out to our neighbor Jowy Romano, the street art aficionado behind Subway Art Blog and Zine, who was able to give us some perspective on the new addition to Stanwix St (which is already buffed, btw).

Bushwick Daily: You described this Banksy piece as a ‘forced collabo’–what’s the etiquette around forcing a collaboration in street art? Do you think the original taggers would mind, in this situation?

Jowy Romano: I think he is being pretty cautious, or just making fun of the crappy tags he “enhanced”. The targets for these collaborations were most certainly not done by serious graffiti writers. If he chose to target a real graffiti bomber’s work, the beef would be hitting the fan. According to Banksy’s site, the series is called “Random graffiti given a Broadway makeover.”