''Hula Hooping Girl'' is a piece of street art, created by Banksy. On 13 October 2020, it appeared on a wall in

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. Media reports followed the appearance of the artwork that is had been created by Banksy. On October 17, Banksy claimed the artwork after posting a picture of it on his

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account.

Artwork

The work is painted onto a wall at the side of a beauty salon in

. It depicts a young girl

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ing with a bicycle tire, next to a bicycle that is missing its rear wheel, attached to a nearby signpost. As with many Banksy artworks, it was vandalised a couple of days after the artist posted it on his

. On 22 November 2020, the bicycle that made up part of the work had been removed from the signpost. By the next day, it had been replaced with a different bicycle, without a rear wheel, in the same location.

References

2020 works Works by Banksy Portraits by English artists Vandalized works of art in the United Kingdom {{21C-painting-stub

Artwork

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