Has Banksy struck in Bristol again?

nasty biznes · Post by **nasty biznes** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:35 pm

As thousands of people flock to Bristol to see the contentious work of Banksy, the graffiti artist may have struck in the city once again.

A controversial piece of stencil art has appeared near Ashton Gate depicting Jesus, being crucified, wearing a Bristol City home shirt. To the bottom right of the image is the word "religion".

The graffiti was first noticed on Monday and is on a wall next to Bar BS3 on Ashton Road, which is very popular with City fans on match days.

Although there is no Banksy tag on the image, the landlord of the pub thinks there are several signs pointing to Bristol's notorious street artist, who did a piece called Christ With Shopping Bags a few years ago.

Banksy, who has a record-breaking exhibition at the City Museum and Gallery, is reported to be a Bristol City fan.

And some believe when his Mild Mild West mural in Stokes Croft and his work on Park Street were splattered with blue paint in June, rival Bristol Rovers fans may have been to blame.

dark ambience · Post by **dark ambience** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:49 pm

Looks like a banksy piece

paulbassrock · Post by **paulbassrock** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:03 pm

Doesn't seem detailed enough for me, could be wrong though, the paint thing on the Mild West piece was a group of Banksy hating artists, kicked off on Hijack forum

dubstep_warrior · Post by **dubstep_warrior** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:25 pm

Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.

carlyx · Post by **carlyx** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:32 pm

Dubstep_warrior wrote:Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.

Go snort a fat cap.

nasty biznes · Post by **nasty biznes** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:47 pm

Dubstep_warrior wrote:Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.

Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property and believe it or not Banksy falls into that catorgry if you ask me .

dubstep_warrior · Post by **dubstep_warrior** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:54 pm

Nasty Biznes wrote:
Dubstep_warrior wrote:Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property and believe it or not Banksy falls into that catorgry if you ask me .

Yeah but not if you ask a real writer.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:56 pm

As thousands of people flock to Bristol to see the contentious work of Banksy

what?

carlyx · Post by **carlyx** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:04 am

Dubstep_warrior wrote: Yeah but not if you ask a real writer.

Then they cleary don't understand the actual meaning of Graffiti, therefore can't be a 'real' writer.

i.r.line.ur.tag.and start beef wiv ya crew.

Sorry.. I just hate the mentality of graff artists in Nottingham, they all seem retarded. "I'm gonna stab ya coz ya better than me!" or "me n me crew are gonna come and bomb your house, kick the shit out of you and push ya down ya own stairs"

I'm not in the scene myself, simply coz i'm wack at throw ups and I really couldn't be arsed with the grief that comes with it.

nasty biznes · Post by **nasty biznes** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:34 am

Dubstep_warrior wrote:
Nasty Biznes wrote:
Dubstep_warrior wrote:Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property and believe it or not Banksy falls into that catorgry if you ask me .
Yeah but not if you ask a real writer.

i cant go back to egyption times and chat to the artists who painted on walls to tell there story ... etc

Ham · Post by **Ham** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:05 am

carlyX wrote:

Sorry.. I just hate the mentality of graff artists in Nottingham, they all seem retarded. "I'm gonna stab ya coz ya better than me!" or "me n me crew are gonna come and bomb your house, kick the shit out of you and push ya down ya own stairs"

Waaaay too turf war-ish to tag in notts haha!

And I fucking HATE the way its 'cool' to hate banksy at the moment.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:11 am

Dubstep_warrior wrote:Banksy is not a writer, people should stop refering to him as a graffiti artist because hes not, couldn't drop a dub in a yard so had to resort to stencils! Fakeeee! But I can't hate on him because he's been successful in his antics, in fooling people in thinking theres actually intelligence behind his shanagans and got paid for it, so he gets his dues.

Just because you don't like someone's style doesn't mean they don't do graffiti. Banksy puts paintings on walls. He does graffiti. It's really that simple.

He's fallen off though, now he's a "bad graffiti artist".

HTH

limb · Post by **limb** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:35 am

It doesn't look like a Banksy to me, I bet it's a from a fan, couldn't put my finger on why though.

Has Banksy struck in Bristol again?

Has Banksy struck in Bristol again?

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