Speculation is growing that a second example of street artist Banksy’s work has been seen in Dundee.
Graffiti believed to be by the elusive Banksy appeared on a door at the Brittle Bone Society’s Guthrie Street office recently.
The striking spray-painted image of a small figure on a swing one of Banksy’s trademarks has been protected by plastic until it can be analysed by experts.
Now a partially-buried traffic cone, similar to the artist’s earlier work in the south of England, has been pictured in the city.
The single cone was seen at the junction of Glamis Road and Blackness Road on March 7, but has since been removed.
Art expert Sandro Paladini, who runs Broughty Ferry art gallery Eduardo Alessandro Studios, said: “My instinctive reaction is that the traffic cone is probably a hoax by someone simply having a bit of fun on the back of the publicity generated by the door mural, as Banksy’s use of cones is well documented and widely known.
“There is no way of authenticating who placed the cone. However, if graffiti art experts do confirm that the door mural is by the hand of Banksy then it becomes conceivable that he has returned to Dundee to leave his mark for a second time.”
Bristol-born Banksy has built up a reputation for subversive street art but never confirms or denies whether he is responsible.
A police spokeswoman was unable to explain the partially-buried traffic cone but confirmed that the council’s commercial trading arm, Tayside Contracts, is working on pavements in the area.
No one from Tayside Contracts was available for comment.