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France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 3 min · 485 words

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France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors

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When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territory of France’s most famous street artist: “Invader.” It will be one invasion coming face-to-face with another.

Like Banksy, the British street artist he is sometimes compared to, Invader does not want his identity to be publicly known.

Sometimes working close to the edge of illegality, Invader comes, does his art, and disappears into the night. He leaves behind mosaics made mostly with small ceramic and glass tiles.

Many of the mosaics look like the aliens from the Space Invaders video game. Others are very complex portrayals of fruit or, in New York, of Lou Reed and Andy Warhol.

Some of his…

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John Leicester reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/france-s-invader-could-surprise-olympic-games-visi

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