Municipality of the British city of Bristol is going to soon allow citizens themselves to evaluate the dignity of wall paintings. If the graffiti on buildings or fences like people, and the owners do not object to the walls, the city government will not erase favorite images, reported The Guardian.
According to the results of the 2006 referendum, the citizens of Bristol, almost unanimously (97%) decided not to remove the graffiti of the famous British graffitist Banksy with "classic" story: suddenly appeared husband looks out the window to see the fugitive lover's wife, who, completely naked, hanging under the window, holding on to the windowsill. All this is depicted on the wall of the clinic for treatment of sexual disorders. In June 2009, in Bristol, was shot by unknown graffiti from paintball guns. City Council then decided that it was necessary to allocate funds for restoration works.
Born in Bristol, Banksy carefully hides all information about yourself. It is believed that he was born in 1974, and first began creating graffiti in the early 1990's. His works are highly valued in the art market. Thus, in early 2008 at an auction in New York his work Keep It Spotless was sold for £ 950 thousand, recalled the newspaper.
An attempt to clarify the relationship bristoltsev with street art made after the end of a town museum exhibition Banksy. From June to August 2009 it was visited by more than 300 thousand people, and in the weekends even stood 6-hour queue. After the success of the exhibition Banksy municipality has decided to continue to ask for views of the residents.
But not always work Banksy meet the public so warmly. In June 2008 the local council of one of the northern areas of London graffiti paint over it because of the complaints residents. Painting size 1,2 x1, 2 meters on a bright green wall of the house depicted two girls at the desk, which has a Kalashnikov rifle. The government then declared that to leave graffiti Banksy - is to encourage drawing on the walls. "It's graffiti and we treat them that way, Banksy whether they draw or anyone else", - explained the representative of the Board. In October 2008 the authority of the central London removed from the wall of a house graffiti Banksy height of 7 meters, with the image of the boy, the writer of the huge letters "A nation under the gun CCTV», and a policeman with a dog. Thus, Banksy protested against the installation in the British cities of CCTV cameras (CCTV), which, in the opinion of many citizens, turning Britain into a country of total surveillance.
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