is there intellegent life in clacton the A.A grumpy column
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:57 am
good evening and welcome along to another A.A grumpy column
now i know i usually post the column on tuesday , thursday and sunday evenings but this one was too good to pass up
A new Banksy mural showing a group of pigeons holding anti-immigration banners has been destroyed following a complaint the work was "racist".
The mural in Clacton-on-Sea - where a by-election is due to take place following the local MP's defection to UKIP - appeared this week.
It showed four pigeons holding signs including "Go Back to Africa", while a more exotic-looking bird looked on.
The local council, which removed it, said it did not know it was by Banksy.
Tendring District Council said it received a complaint that the mural was "offensive" and "racist".
The artist, who chooses to remain anonymous, posted pictures of the work on his website earlier.
But by the time it had been announced, the mural had already been removed due to the complaint received on Tuesday.
Nigel Brown, communications manager for the council, said: "The site was inspected by staff who agreed that it could be seen as offensive and it was removed this morning in line with our policy to remove this type of material within 48 hours.
"We would obviously welcome an appropriate Banksy original on any of our seafronts and would be delighted if he returned in the future."
Close up of destroyed Banksy work Banksy's artwork has a huge following and his pieces are sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds
A spokeswoman for Banksy said the artist would not be commenting further on the Clacton piece.
Banksy's work often makes political statements, covering subjects including global warming, wars, surveillance and poor working conditions.
In the past, his art has been cut from walls and sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
On 9 October, people will be voting in the Clacton by-election prompted by Douglas Carswell's defection from the Tories to UKIP.
AAG
what can i say that world famous elusive artist banksy comes to clacton does a piece of artwork and the council chemically remove it and all because someone plays the race card and screams racial prejudice.
personally i would have thought tendring council would have been proud and honoured to have a piece of banksy artwork worth around £100,000 on their walls or the fact that banksy had visited clacton in the first place.
was this anything to do with the coming by election or the tories trying to cover up the truth of immigration problem?
the council have made banksy an offer to come back to clacton and paint some more appropriate art work and if i were banksy i know what my answer would be and it ends in OFF!!
or are they so uneducated in clacton they cannot recognise a piece of banksy artwork
now i know i usually post the column on tuesday , thursday and sunday evenings but this one was too good to pass up
A new Banksy mural showing a group of pigeons holding anti-immigration banners has been destroyed following a complaint the work was "racist".
The mural in Clacton-on-Sea - where a by-election is due to take place following the local MP's defection to UKIP - appeared this week.
It showed four pigeons holding signs including "Go Back to Africa", while a more exotic-looking bird looked on.
The local council, which removed it, said it did not know it was by Banksy.
Tendring District Council said it received a complaint that the mural was "offensive" and "racist".
The artist, who chooses to remain anonymous, posted pictures of the work on his website earlier.
But by the time it had been announced, the mural had already been removed due to the complaint received on Tuesday.
Nigel Brown, communications manager for the council, said: "The site was inspected by staff who agreed that it could be seen as offensive and it was removed this morning in line with our policy to remove this type of material within 48 hours.
"We would obviously welcome an appropriate Banksy original on any of our seafronts and would be delighted if he returned in the future."
Close up of destroyed Banksy work Banksy's artwork has a huge following and his pieces are sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds
A spokeswoman for Banksy said the artist would not be commenting further on the Clacton piece.
Banksy's work often makes political statements, covering subjects including global warming, wars, surveillance and poor working conditions.
In the past, his art has been cut from walls and sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
On 9 October, people will be voting in the Clacton by-election prompted by Douglas Carswell's defection from the Tories to UKIP.
AAG
what can i say that world famous elusive artist banksy comes to clacton does a piece of artwork and the council chemically remove it and all because someone plays the race card and screams racial prejudice.
personally i would have thought tendring council would have been proud and honoured to have a piece of banksy artwork worth around £100,000 on their walls or the fact that banksy had visited clacton in the first place.
was this anything to do with the coming by election or the tories trying to cover up the truth of immigration problem?
the council have made banksy an offer to come back to clacton and paint some more appropriate art work and if i were banksy i know what my answer would be and it ends in OFF!!
or are they so uneducated in clacton they cannot recognise a piece of banksy artwork