We are lucky in Bristol to have people like Decay who continue to spray down at The Bearpit in spite of a Council determined to clamp down on spraying. Most of the decent work down there is confined to the boards that were put in place by the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC), and this is where most of the recent work is, like this one. All the other walls are regularly buffed (at some expense ) by the Council. The paint doesn’t even get to dry before the taggers move in. It is an insane cycle of self-destruction. I really think that the Council need to devise a better plan. The Bearpit has the opportunity to become the best legal wall in Britain if they just try to think outside the box.
This Decay piece was a nice surprise for me as I rarely expect to find much down in The Bearpit these days. Great letters (DK) and for good measure two of his little character faces. Unfortunately there is a small poster slapped right in the middle – I guess it’s all part of the furniture.
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Totally agree with you about the Bearpit . . .
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It is maddening. They might have stopped the street art, but what help are they giving the homeless?
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This council could have been different to all that had gone before it . . .
Unfortunately to the vast majority of Bristolians they aren’t . . .
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What’s this all about? Is this new councillors trying to make their mark? I wonder if it’s worth having an organisation get involved with the council to try and create something like what we have here with Wallspot…
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I think it has been tried. There are a lot of problems in The Bearpit, but street art isn’t one of them. Sadly it has been rolled up with the other problems (drink, drugs, violence, homelessness).
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