I thought that people might be interested to see the current state of the remaining pieces by Banksy in Bristol.  Funnily enough, although every stencil piece that goes up seems to be attributed to Banksy by some people, the majority of Banksy pieces in Bristol which are still in a reasonable state were painted freehand.  Anyway, here we go:

Hanging Man

This got hit with a paintball gun a couple of years ago.

Mild Mild West

This also got hit with a paintball gun at the same time as Hanging Man but it got cleared off straight away.

Take with money with Inkie and Mode2.

Three kings!

Heavy Weaponary


Designated Picnic Area

Apart from the fact that it's very badly faded, this piece has suffered from the rather unusual problem of its surrounding now being in too nice a condition.  This alley was always being flytipped when the piece was painted but now it's been tidied up and painted the once-ironic message has been slightly lost.

Poodle

This is on the wall of the Barton Hill Dug Out ball court where Inkie et al. learnt their craft.  There was a reunion painting session and barbeque last summer and unfortunately someone wrote over this piece without realising what was on the wall.

Sunset with Inkie

This is round the back of my street.  The Free tag has been there for years but a bit of my neighbour's gate fell off last year; hence the hole in Inkie's piece.

Kebele with Lokey, Kato, Soker and Tes

This was part of a bigger wall with Lokey, Kato, Soker and Tes but unfortunately Doodlebubz (pretty disrespectfully in my opinion) painted over those old-school writers and inserted himself into a wall with Banksy.

Rose Trap

I think protecting graffiti behind plexi-glass is straight up ridiculous but this piece is in a far better state than all the other stencils around town from this era.

Pierced Up

Safe and sound in a tattoo parlour.

Rollermania with Kato


Grim Reaper

Fortunately this wasn't painted on a spot of the hull which hasn't stained.  Also fortunately, the Harbourmaster hasn't buffed this piece like he did with the previous Banksy piece on the side of the Thekla.

Quak Attack with Kato, Lokey, Tes and Soker

That is possibly the s**ttest tag I've seen.  Ever.

Gorilla with a mask

The North Bristol Social Club closed and the new owner whitewashed the wall.  Then he realised the gorilla was by Banksy and tried to remove the paint.  If this was a real gorilla they would have put it out its misery by now.

Blowpop Records

Although this stencil is in a poor condition it's still in a far better condition than the once beautiful building it's painted on.

Planning Permission 

Anyone still reading? 

More Heavy Weaponary

Well it's in a better condition than the sign.  It's actually St Andrews Road.

And something from the archives.  This Love Is In The Air was the most recent Banksy piece to be buffed in Bristol.  I've got earlier photos of this piece somewhere but this is how it looked in 2009.  Sometime around 2007 a fake LIITA was painted on the same wall and, being more recent, it wasn't as faded as the genuine piece.  Anyway the owners whitewashed the wall last year but painted around the LIITA presumably so they could keep their Banksy.  The only problem was that they painted around the fake LIITA and buffed the genuine one.