Welcome home Banksy

by SWS on 12-Jun-09 14:42

Banksy brings his work back to Bristol for his latest exhibition.

If anyone were in any doubt about the importance of Bristol as a creative hub, today's news that Banksy is returning to his home town will have banished any such misgivings.
The world famous artist and one of the city's most famous sons is staging his largest exhibition to date in the council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery.

Banksy v Bristol Museum features more than 100 of his pieces, 70 of them new, and includes animatronics, installations and a sensory display. It will be open to the public from 13th June until 31st August 2009.

Bristol is home to a vast array of artists, musicians, gamers, animators and filmmakers and is home to the BBC Natural History Unit as well as drama productions such as Mistresses, Being Human and Skins. As such, it is often seen as a flagship of the South West, a region which just last year was highlighted as a Creative Industries National Exemplar in the Government's ‘Creative Britain' Strategy.

This exhibition is exactly the shot in the arm needed to remind people about the cultural importance of Bristol and the South West. In one stroke, Banksy has achieved what the BBC is attempting with its ‘Out of London' strategy: he has shown people that there is a thriving arts and media scene outside of London and that it is here to stay.

Tagged:banksy, bristol, bristol museum, graffiti

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