Sometimes words are not enough.
I am very tempted to end the post at this point and just leave you to enjoy the pictures, but that would be a bit lazy on my part and short-changing you of my talents as a street art rapporteur (LOL). This piece is by genius artist Liam Bononi.
I haven’t encountered Liam Bononi before, but he is firmly on my radar now and I will be keeping an eye out for his extraordinary work. He has a fabulous website, and in his ‘About’ section there is a link to a short biographic video, which is well worth a quick watch if you have time. Liam is a Brizilian, now living in Liverpool, who started painting walls in 2007 and has decorated walls all over the world. Now is the turn for Bristol.
In his biography, the following sentence stands out as best describing what lies behind his paintings:
His pieces represent the quest for the divine essence that inhabits each one of us and his art is a narrative about the human beings’ transformation through self-knowledge and search of the self true (sic).
Heady stuff, but then this is a heady piece and one of the most compelling I have ever seen at Upfest. Liam Bononi has just set the bar at a new level. My advice… seek out his work whenever you can.
Natural adventures 
The truly outstanding work of a world class artist who is so genuinely nice and incredibly humble with it . . .
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Definitely a worldie.
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Heady, indeed. Great stuff.
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I agree totally.
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I sincerely hope that it never gets painted over
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It will. Most pieces in this spot last a year or so.
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This piece was actually painted onto boards which were then put into what used to be a space for a billboard.
If Upfest have any sense they will either keep or sell off the boards once they are ready for a new piece to take it’s place in a year or two . . .
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That would be a good solution Paul
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Put it up in a public building somewhere.
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Looks like the morons got to the Fem Sorcell piece underneath though.
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I reckon it’s one lone nutter tbh
I am hoping Fem Sorcell will be back to either touch up her piece or actually paint another one but we’ll have to wait and see
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Same problem in Glasto too
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What with a similar message of hate or just some random tagging?
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No messages, just spraying lines all over the place. The trashed this whole passageway with two superb pieces – the 2nd you can just make out at the far end: https://urbanartalacarte.blogspot.com/2015/12/street-art-by-serp-4-christmas-2015.html
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And this one: https://www.facebook.com/theglastonburymuraltrail/photos/pcb.588488982525671/588488069192429/ which has now been repaired / restored
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Yeah that’s really unfortunate although here in Bristol almost every piece will get tagged if it’s in the public domain for a certain amount of time.
Upfest pieces have usually been spared this fate luckily so this year’s attack was just that much more shocking.
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Yes unfortunately. Quite a few of the pieces have been repaired, but not the Jody yet.
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