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Banksy's artwork that we saw when we were strolling in Bristol that morning in a rather hurried pace. I couldn't be sure because I haven't seen enough of his works, but the style looked familiar.

So I checked tonight and finally saw it on his website. It's really a nice surprise.

Now I really want to go look for There is Always Hope, because it showed up in Matchpoint, and it's a rather interesting piece.

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N.B.

This is one of the very few pieces that has a preservation order and is drawn on a sexual health clinic on Unity Street. The city council was going to remove it but then it later held a poll asking for the residents' opinions and 97% of those who responded wished to retain this piece of art. So, it stays. (one of the sources is here.) What captured my attention was that it's a very tidy drawing (compared to most of graffiti art), the style, and the fact that it's drawn at least two-stories above the ground level. We were walking on the bridge next to the building and I had to go back to check that the building and the bridge are not on the same level. (This photo gives you a much better perspective.)

The other piece that, allegedly, has stayed is called the "Mild, Mild West". It's in Stokes Croft (self-named the People's Republic of...) - the City's most counter-culture district. (and this is from the kind visitor on my flickr page.)

As for the little girl letting go of the heart-shaped balloon, apparently there were several of them but all of them were gone. So, it was really lucky to be captured in the film and whoever spotted that had a really good eye for it!