Graffiti.

On this page we will show images of some of the more interesting Graffiti that We see.  We do not condone Graffiti but we feel it is a true form of artistic expression.

 

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The ones underneath were taken by Jayne.

The ones underneath were taken by Nigel Thomus, who included this text when he sent the images, the images are superb.

The ones with the trains and Isambard Kingdom Brunel are in Swindon painted on a fence new the steam museum and the National trust office and the Macartherglen outlet viliage. This art work was commissioned by Youth Information Swindon to celebrate Brunels 200 year birthday in 2006. one of the people who did this work stills works in the centre I work in and does a lot of this type of graffiti in his spare time. I expect you know Brunel was a famous engineer in the 18 centrury building railways ships and bridges, he is credited with a lot of history in the Bristol and surrounding areas. The picture of the Arkels brewery was also taken in Swindon but I can not tell you any more about that.
The rest of the pictures include three known Banksy pieces the grim reaper / Skelton image can be found on the Thekla boat moored in Bristol harbour this is a local entertainment venue, another one titled mild mild west is in stokes croft area of Bristol that is the one of the bear throwing a bomb. The pub next door used to be called Banks maybe it was because of the artist, this piece is on the wall which used to be a council offices probably handing out benefits etc. this building is now fenced of hence there is part of the fence in the shot. My favourite is of the naked man hanging out of a window on Park Street Bristol . This piece was saved by the Bristol people after there was a campaign to stop the council erasing this piece. If you google ……………banksy park street you can read some of the reports.

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