REPUBLIC OF MONKEY human business (by WAR! in Vannes, France)
By Vidar
Street Artist WAR!
By WAR! in Vannes, France. Photos by Alain Photographie.
As in the film “The Planet of the Apes”, the Orangutans are the decision makers, the Gorillas the armed wing of power, the Chimpanzees the rest of the people. If monkey money is worthless money, what is the value of our so-called civilized societies? This fresco speaks of human affairs, power, violence, justice, freedom, the democratic ideal.
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