Councillor criticises "promotion of street art" in Bristol
Conservative councillor Richard Eddy has questioned the Lib Dem-run Council's current practice of what he sees as "positively promoting street art" in the city.
His comments come after Europe’s largest urban art festival - Upfest - was in Bristol last weekend, with 250 street artists filling venues across North Street in Bedminster and Southville with exhibitions and live painting events.
Now in its fifth year, Upfest is billed as “Europe’s largest urban art festival”.
But in a series of questions tabled for this month's full council meeting, Mr Eddy is demanding to know the extent of the authority's commitment to this form of self-expression.
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He said: “Sadly, for every Banksy in this world, there is a multitude of talentless taggers.
“This questionable art form is even being proposed as part of a
£100,000 make-over for other parts of Bedminster under the Portas Pilots initiative. We need to know what sort of consultation has or will take place over using yet more money for this purpose.
“I am concerned that the Lib Dems seem to have become fixated upon street art as some kind of magic bullet to solve our urban ills and provide a quick fix to economic regeneration."
Comments
by alexjamesdf
Friday, June 22 2012, 5:41PM
“I am extremely grateful for the amazing artworks constantly going on around Stoke's Croft and throughout various areas in Bristol, it really has become an awesome place to cycle through every day. It makes the 9-5 slightly less mundane when each day you pass through a place knowing your eyes will be stimulated through the vibrancy of street art. I don't like all of it but 90% of it is fascinating, highly skilled artwork by people with incredible talent and imagination. This is how art should be, freely available and around us in the real world, not hidden away in some artgallery full of chin stroking snobs. There is a simple difference between vandalist graffiti and street-art... the former is mindless defamation, the latter is mindful creation.”
by KBillies
Monday, June 11 2012, 7:33PM
“Any one who has met Richard Eddy knows he is not someone to be taken seriously and sophisticated people scoff at him.
Whilst there can be kindness in his behavior his main strength is an innate ability to taunt minority groups and is rarely able to take a coherent position on anything major.
Whilst his recent illness makes people reluctant to bash him in any way he is in truth a fool."”
by ceembee
Monday, June 11 2012, 7:28PM
“brs_traffic - I am sure you know why I feel your post to be mean-spirited - going to Rita's or Slix only indicates severe substance overload & a lack of a discerning palate and does not carry the same connotations as visiting massage parlours does.”
by KBillies
Sunday, June 10 2012, 9:36PM
“Any one who has met Richard Eddy knows he is not someone to be taken seriously and sophisticated people scoff at him.
Whilst there can be kindness in his behavior his main strength is an innate ability to taunt minority groups and is rarely able to take a coherent position on anything major.
Whilst his recent illness makes people reluctant to bash him in any way he is in truth a fool.”
by katachua
Sunday, June 10 2012, 9:21PM
“@ceembee
"I too wish PRSC would disappear up their own fundaments "
They will soon, it's the end of the University year and the start of the festival season...”
by brs_traffic
Sunday, June 10 2012, 8:55PM
“@ceembee "As for brs_traffic - what a mean-spirited post and I note you say it is a good place to visit and go on to mention one of the 2 massage parlours. Any reason for singling out 1 and not the other? "
-personal preference, your experiences may vary. Both Slix and Rita's got coverage -what more do you want.”
by ceembee
Sunday, June 10 2012, 6:59PM
“I agree with shawn1964 that most of the 'art' on Stokes Croft is not great whether the wooden 'sculptures' or the third-rate grafitti and note Corncups that tagging in the local area has actually increased considerably - i see that some of the 'art' in the Bear Pit is now tagged. As for brs_traffic - what a mean-spirited post and I note you say it is a good place to visit and go on to mention one of the 2 massage parlours. Any reason for singling out 1 and not the other?
I too wish PRSC would disappear up their own fundaments and let those of us who live and/or work in the area speak for the area.”
by katachua
Sunday, June 10 2012, 6:15PM
“@John_Name
"I really wasn't criticizing his artistic endeavour, or objecting to his being permitted to paint there. I simply wanted him to pull up his trousers and put his pants away."
How can you be so cruel to someone who can't afford a belt to keep his trousers up?”
by John_Name
Sunday, June 10 2012, 5:22PM
“@Red Arrows
'I'm not sure what I think about all this, but can somebody PLEASE tell the chap painting the lion that everybody can see his pants.'
'Also, with his trousers hanging down so low, he looks like he's done a poo.'
I really wasn't criticizing his artistic endeavour, or objecting to his being permitted to paint there. I simply wanted him to pull up his trousers and put his pants away.”
by brs_traffic
Sunday, June 10 2012, 12:46PM
“@shawn1964 "clean up stokes croft,it has been taken over by very poor art"
Actually it's gone from a run down dual carriageway problem to a place worth visiting. Bearpit has BBQs and cafes, Pieminster and other places up the street, all is well.
If you still pine for when you used to get serviced at a massage parlour and then finish it off with a bottle of white lightening, know that the massage parlours (product placement: Annabels) are still there, and you can still sit on the junction of Jamaica St. and Stokes Croft drinking your favourite beverage. There's plenty of parking on the bike lane by the post office. Slix and Rita's are still avoiding the "pasty tax" by keeping their three-day-old burgers luke warm until a customer comes in and forgets to ask for a fresh one.”