Banksy painting replaced by jubilee artwork in Bristol
A wall previously daubed by graffiti artist Banksy has been re-painted with an image of the Queen as diamond jubilee celebrations take hold of Bristol.
In October last year the popular Banksy work was vandalised in an apparent attack by rivals.
The stencil in Upper Maudlin Street, featuring a boy creeping up behind a sniper with a paper bag in his hands, was covered in black paint and graffiti tags.
Then in February a new stencil appeared showing David Cameron and Boris Johnson as rioters.
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Now a black and white image of the Queen has appeared, complete with a blue and red David Bowie-style lightning flash painted across her face.
It is not known who did the painting, or if it has anything to do with urban art festival Upfest, which is also taking place in the city this weekend.
It looks unlikely that it is another Banksy as the elusive artist has not claimed responsibility for it on his website, where he normally posts images of his most recent work.
It is the latest artwork to adorn the wall next to Bristol charity the Grand Appeal, which raises money for the Children's Hospital.
In July last year a Banksy mural on the side of a former Eastville social club was painted over during works to turn it into a Muslim cultural centre.
The Gorilla in a Pink Mask in Fishponds Road was painted over by Saeed Ahmed who had never heard of Banksy. It was later restored.
In June 2009 two other popular works in the city were vandalised within hours of each other.
The Mild Mild West mural in Stokes Croft and the Park Street work featuring a naked man hanging from a windowsill, were attacked with a paint-gun. Efforts were made to remove the paint but tell-tale signs remain.
Comments
by manchestergas
Monday, June 04 2012, 5:53PM
“It's not by Banksy anyway, even though 2 national newspapers picked up the original story and ran with it as a Banksy...
It's by 'Inkwel' .”
by Bristolexpat
Monday, June 04 2012, 11:08AM
“Nah, this is Saturdays.
It appears todays has now been removed!
Perhaps the Monday shift didnt realise what had been printed on Saturday............
Amateurs.”
by Bristolexpat
Monday, June 04 2012, 10:05AM
“Am I commenting on todays story or Saturdays story of exactly the same?
And what happens tomorrow!
Confused.com”
by corncups
Monday, June 04 2012, 8:31AM
“My word, I bet you lot were a barrel of fun at your Jubilee parties.
While you were all squirming in self-righteous moral indignation over the weekend, thousands of younger, brighter, open minds were celebrating the colour and inspiration of street art at Bristol's Upfest event in and around North Street.
And what a friendly, happy and joyous celebration it was too with artists from all over the world creating live street art and the thousands in attendance enjoying the music, food, dancing and
meeting old friends as well as making new ones.
A wonderful and inspiring place to to be with so many people. What a contrast to the 'wet weekenders' commenting here!”
by JuliusZsako
Monday, June 04 2012, 7:23AM
“Unauthorized, uninvited graffiti - no matter how clever - must be considered as disrespectful to the community as a whole, and to individual property owners. As documented at http://tinyurl.com/6wvs86r , graffiti crime is a huge problem worldwide, and a very costly one at that.”
by Bristolexpat
Monday, June 04 2012, 6:55AM
“A whopping NINE references to Banksy (including the photo titles)..but dont worry, the BEP have posted this story AGAIN today!!!
And only refer to "Banksy" four times...
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!”
by Commenter42
Sunday, June 03 2012, 2:27PM
“Why no option on the poll for "Remove the vanadlism and prosecute the perpetrators"?”
by John_Name
Sunday, June 03 2012, 1:02PM
“@geeveeh
'How offensive to Her Majesty...someone should be strung up !'
Speaking as someone with conservative inclinations, including being very much in favour of the monarchy, I actually consider this painting not to be offensive at all. On the contrary, I consider it to be quite respectful. Moreover, from an artistic point of view, it looks to me like quite a well-executed and imaginative attempt to represent the commonalities between different strands of British cultural life. I quite like the idea of uniting a traditional British theme - a portrait of The Queen - with a theme from glam-rock - itself every bit as British.”
by HarveyNix
Sunday, June 03 2012, 12:20PM
“Banksy must be laughing all the way to the....fella who sorts out his stencils”
by DownByLaw
Sunday, June 03 2012, 11:37AM
“Stokes Croft looks like a ghetto due to the number of empty buildings blighting the area. The building owners display far more anti-social behaviour than graffiti artists.”