Residents of Melbourne suburb Frankston have been treated to a street art exhibition that would make Lister go into hiding. A man knowns simply as “Chris” has been publicly called out by his baby mama after he presumably ghosted her.

The mother has retaliated with complete poetic intensity, covering public walls, buildings, barbecues and floors with the warning:  “Chris, you need to talk to me before the baby’s born, or don’t bother after.”

This might be the most prolific artist this country has ever seen.

The Frankston Community Noticeboard has signal boosted the artist’s pleas, encouraging Chris to face the music and reach out to his former flame. “Chris… Can you please just call her before she destroys the whole city?”

https://www.facebook.com/frankstoncnb/posts/2082804072028059

The post has racked up over 10,000 shares and 24,000 comments. I think I speak on behalf of the nation when I say that we are simply chomping at the bit with anticipation over what the next instalment of the saga holds. As one Facebook user points out “before we all know it, that baby is going to be out there graffitiing the whole city with ‘Chris, u need 2 call me, you’re my dad'”.

In related news, Sydney is about to cop a huge, completely unauthorised Banksy exhibition, courtesy of Banksy’s former manager, Steve Lazarides.

The exhibition will boast a collection of over 80 of the artist’s most beloved works, including ‘Flower Thrower’ and ‘Girl with Balloon’.

The Art of Banksy made its Australian debut in Melbourne in late 2016. It has previously shows in Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Auckland, Toronto and Miami

The show has roused controversy over the years, famously unauthorised by Banksy himself. As Time Out notes, during the 2016 exhibition at Federation Square, Melbourne artist Matt ‘Adnate’ painted a protest appropriation of Caravaggio’s ‘The Taking of Christ’ onto the entrance of the exhibition, depicting Lazarides as Judas.

You can check out more details about Sydney’s forthcoming Banksy exhibition here.

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