Banksy’s home city an urban canvas for elusive artist

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The creation, now one of his most famous, is known as “The Girl with a Pierced Eardrum”.

Standing on the street transfixed by the image, a group of French schoolchildren listen attentively to a guide narrating the remarkable backstory of the king of street art.Banksy’s most famous, or perhaps infamous, work is now called “Love is in the Bin”. “Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was,” he has said with characteristic irony.He attended an educational project offering young graffiti artists the chance to practise their art without breaking the law, according to John Nation, sometimes nicknamed the “godfather” of Bristol street art.

It was a time of cultural blossoming for the city, which included the so-called Bristol Sound of Massive Attack and Portishead, pioneers of trip hop music.In 2001, the artist reportedly accompanied Bristol amateur football club Easton Cowboys on a tour of Mexico, playing as a goalkeeper and producing several stencilled works while there.

 

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