The painting, on a wall at the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, France, shows Jobs with a bundle on his back and carrying a Mac Classic. Coldewey is responsible for original reporting on a number of tech topics, such as photography, biotechnology, and Internet policy. On the closing night of Dismaland, Banksy also invited Pussy Riot to debut their song criticising the global failure to help the migrants entering Europe. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Since the park closed in September, the artist has been shipping leftover infrastructure from Dismaland to help build emergency housing for the 7,000 migrants, mainly from Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan, now living on the site of a former rubbish tip in Calais. The work is a pointed reference to Jobs’s background as the son of a Syrian migrant who went to America after the second world war. He came to the U.S., where he met Jobs' biological mother, Joanne Carol Schieble, and their child was put up for adoption in San Francisco. Arguably the most controversial street artist in the world. All rights reserved. Related: Zuckerberg-Backed FWD.us Rallies Against Mass Deportation. During his trip to Calais, the artist covered several walls across the French port with related graffiti, including a riff on Theodore Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa, featuring a luxury yacht. The "jungle" is not an official camp, but rather an improvised and non-permanent group of tents and shelters — a good example of the kind of conditions under which migrants and refugees are obliged to live upon fleeing their home countries. Related: Steve Jobs Movie Shows 'Brilliant and Flawed' Man. Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer at NBC News; he started his role in April of 2013. Apple is the world’s most profitable company, it pays over $7bn (£4.6bn) a year in taxes – and it only exists because they allowed in a young man from Homs.”. In a rare statement accompanying the work, Banksy said: “We’re often led to believe migration is a drain on the country’s resources but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant. The anonymous graffiti artist Banksy is the latest to join in the trend of pointing out that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant. Apple is the world’s most profitable company, it pays over $7billion a year in taxes - and it only exists because they allowed in a young man from Homs.” His personal website is coldewey.cc. The graffiti is one of a series of works Banksy has created in response to the refugee crisis. Zuckerberg-Backed FWD.us Rallies Against Mass Deportation, Steve Jobs Movie Shows 'Brilliant and Flawed' Man. Graffiti on wall of ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais depicts late Apple founder’s background as son of Syrian migrant, Fri 11 Dec 2015 10.02 EST
Coldewey joined NBCNews.com from TechCrunch, where he was an editor covering a similarly wide variety of content and industries. A Syrian migrants' child. This summer, his temporary “bemusement” park in Weston-Super-Mare featured an installation of boats filled with bodies. Last modified on Thu 9 Mar 2017 07.38 EST. Jobs's biological father was Abdul Fattah Jandali, a Syrian who in the '50s fled Beirut, where he had been demonstrating against the Lebanese president. The anonymous graffiti artist Banksy is the latest to join in the trend of pointing out that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant. Young Steve was brought up by Paul and Clara Jobs, and the rest is history. The work depicts the late Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, with a black bin bag thrown over one shoulder and an original Apple computer in his hand. In a rare statement which accompanies the work, Banksy said: “We’re often led to believe migration is a drain on the country’s resources but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant. About The Son of a Migrant from Syria Banksy Banksy, the worlds most famous and most secretive graffiti artists, translates his notorious style into bold prints. Banksy’s art can impact any location at any given moment. Banksy confirms hula-hoop girl mural in Nottingham is his, Banksy's Monet tribute to go on sale for up to £5m, Banksy trademark 'at risk' after street artist loses legal battle, UN refugee agency calls on EU nations to let in migrants rescued in Mediterranean, Banksy creates mask-themed work on London Underground, Six arrests in France over theft of Banksy artwork from Bataclan, Banksy mural stolen from Bataclan in Paris found by police in Italy, Banksy supports Black Lives Matter with latest artwork, Dismaland: watch the trailer for Banksy’s ‘bemusement park’. In the face of sentiment abroad that countries should reject refugees from the ongoing conflict in Syria, the fact that Jobs was, in fact, the son of a Syrian migrant has struck a key with activists on the Internet. Banksy has revealed a new artwork, sprayed on a wall in the Calais refugee camp called “the Jungle”, intended to address negative attitudes towards the thousands of people living there.
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