Bristol's favourite street artist - the elusive Banksy - is thought to have marked the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations with a return to his hometown, several years after painting his last piece on the streets where he learnt and developed his trademark artistic style.
The piece depicts an image of Queen Elizabeth's head circa 1970, adorned with a David Bowie-inspired coloured lightning bolt strike running down the front of her face. The piece seems to be trademark tongue-in-cheek Banksy, but this remains to be confirmed.
The piece shows an image of Queen Elizabeths' face with a David Bowie style lightning bolt strike struck across the front and is located on an area of wall opposite the Bristol hospital which has been the scene of much painting and re-painting over the past few months.
Banksy has had an ongoing fued with King Robbo after he painted over one of King Robbo's 25 year old pieces in London several years ago. Since then there has been no love lost between the two street artists with both taking the opportunity to paint over the others' work on numerous occasions.
The rivalry began when Banksy knowingly defaced one of King Robbo's pieces in London which had remained untouched for over a quarter of a century. Since then Team Robbo have been working with King Robbo to deface as many of Banksy's pieces as possible across the UK and beyond.
Very little is known about Banksy's life, although he is known to have grown up and started his artistic journey in Bristol with many of his pieces on display across the city, including several in Easton, where it is believed he spent many of his teenage years.
Some of his most popular Bristol pieces include, a grim reaper stencilled onto the side of a boat, a teddy bear holding a Molotov cocktail a naked man hanging from a window to avoid an angry husband and a Gorilla wearing a pink masquerade style mask.
Banksy has long since been a significant tourist attraction, with countless people visiting Bristol in order to see and document his work. The new piece has already seen a significant number of people visit the city in the hope that is turns out to be a genuine Banksy. As to whether or not it is only time will tell.
The piece depicts an image of Queen Elizabeth's head circa 1970, adorned with a David Bowie-inspired coloured lightning bolt strike running down the front of her face. The piece seems to be trademark tongue-in-cheek Banksy, but this remains to be confirmed.
The piece shows an image of Queen Elizabeths' face with a David Bowie style lightning bolt strike struck across the front and is located on an area of wall opposite the Bristol hospital which has been the scene of much painting and re-painting over the past few months.
Banksy has had an ongoing fued with King Robbo after he painted over one of King Robbo's 25 year old pieces in London several years ago. Since then there has been no love lost between the two street artists with both taking the opportunity to paint over the others' work on numerous occasions.
The rivalry began when Banksy knowingly defaced one of King Robbo's pieces in London which had remained untouched for over a quarter of a century. Since then Team Robbo have been working with King Robbo to deface as many of Banksy's pieces as possible across the UK and beyond.
Very little is known about Banksy's life, although he is known to have grown up and started his artistic journey in Bristol with many of his pieces on display across the city, including several in Easton, where it is believed he spent many of his teenage years.
Some of his most popular Bristol pieces include, a grim reaper stencilled onto the side of a boat, a teddy bear holding a Molotov cocktail a naked man hanging from a window to avoid an angry husband and a Gorilla wearing a pink masquerade style mask.
Banksy has long since been a significant tourist attraction, with countless people visiting Bristol in order to see and document his work. The new piece has already seen a significant number of people visit the city in the hope that is turns out to be a genuine Banksy. As to whether or not it is only time will tell.
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