Letters: Banksy at Bristol Museum
I am about to ring up Rebecca Burton, deputy head of Bristol Museum.
I am going to tell her I want to bring my five-year-old daughter to her museum. Does she think a lion with a whip and blood around its mouth after eating the lion tamer is acceptable for a little girl? Let her answer that question.
Perhaps then I could ring Mike Norton, editor of the Post, and ask him why in his words he finds the artist Banksy for some unknown, unconscious reason "very moving".
Let me tell you why every Bristolian child like my five-year-old, again in Mike Norton's words, "has gawped" in the gipsy caravan so many times. It is because they find it beautiful and amazing to look at, and I find him laughing out loud extremely disrespectful.
We should be promoting family values in Bristol and not putting sick and offensive displays by some vandal/graffiti artist on show and then encouraging 8,500 people to turn up and celebrate it.
I thought this country couldn't get any worse but it just keeps surprising me.
Craig Sheppard, Bristol.
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by PJS, salisbury
Wednesday, August 05 2009, 11:37PM
“why shouldnt his art be expressed? just because people like you are not willing to open your mind up and see the bigger picture in life.”
by Ruth, Shirehampton
Tuesday, June 23 2009, 9:13PM
“Simply put - dont take your daughter then...
We will, having viewed the exhibition first without our 4 year old son to check its 'suitability' , most definately be taking our son to see this.
Its modern art, not vandalism.
And Bristol should be proud to have such a current, satirical, interesting and cutting edge exhibition in our city.”
by GTZ..., brizzol
Saturday, June 20 2009, 6:06PM
“"Does she think a lion with a whip and blood around its mouth after eating the lion tamer is acceptable for a little girl? "
nah, but the dead human bodies wrapped in bandages, the animals skinned and re-stuffed, the classical paintings depicting battles and all the skeletons and other various remains strewn about are fine!”
by GTZ..., brizzol
Saturday, June 20 2009, 5:51PM
“well my last comment was deleted, dunno why.
anyway, i was basically saying aren't there more important things to worry and write letters about in the world.”
by AnalogueAndy, Somewhere out there
Friday, June 19 2009, 3:47PM
“ a lion with a whip and blood around its mouth after eating the lion tamer
Oh my God, you mean Banksy really fed a lion tamer to a lion!!!!
That's terrible! Surely some misteak?”