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Petrol Banksy

Petrol Banksy by Patrick John Quinn.
I took this at the London "Stop The War" demo in March 2006.
Taken in Parliament Square London, opposite the House of Commons.
Part of Brian Haw's peace camp, almost all of which was trashed by police after Tony Bliar forced legislation through parliament trying to ban his protest. (Brian's still there though, which must annoy Bliar, see parliament-square.org.uk/ )

I had no idea that it was a Banksy at the time, otherwise I would have taken the time to frame it properly.
There's a (small) picture of this on page 222 of Banksy's book 'Wall and Piece' .
I got the name wrong too, should have been 'Petrol Head' .
The ' banksy - the complete works' group doesn't seem to have this one, so I thought I'd upload it despite the flaws.

According to www.artofthestate.co.uk/banksy/banksy_petrol_head_hop.htm
the original canvas put in the square was stolen, and had to be replaced.
This picture must be of the replacement.
This design also appeared on the Blur 'Think Tank' album artwork.

The old hippy leaning on the canvas doesn't seem too happy having his picture taken.
Maybe he should find a Banksy 'this is not a photo opportunity' place to sit instead?

All comments welcome, good and bad. 

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rosa_pedra  Pro User  says:

great!
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Patrick John Quinn says:

Thanks, Rosa
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Kevin Krejci  Pro User  says:

A picture that speaketh a thousand words...
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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Patrick John Quinn says:

UPDATE
A copy of this, along with another copy of a Banksy (soldiers and peace sign) are among the exhibits on display at the Tate Britain in Mark Wallinger's 'State Britain' exhibition, which recreates Brian Haw's peace camp as it was before Tony Bliar passed legislation to make his protest illegal.
See
arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1991288,00. html
arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,1991385 ,00.html
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/359983.html

Well worth a visit if you're in London. Photography is forbidden (and this is enforced).
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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Mistamoni  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Concept Photos, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

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Patrick John Quinn says:

Done, Mistamoni
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

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FrizzText  Pro User  says:

Modern IconographyModern Iconography
You are invited to add this image to www.flickr.com/groups/modern_iconography
Please tag this photo with ICONOGRAPHY when you add it to the pool.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

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OneMillionPeaceSigns.com  Pro User  says:

Hi, Cool Photo!...I'm an admin for a group called One Million Peace Signs, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

We'd also like to put a thumbnail of it it on www.onemillionpeacesigns.com with a link back to your Flickr page and info. We're getting about a thousand hits a day, so this is FINE exposure, and WOW...what if we could make a difference to Peace...

We have some photos on our blog at www.onemillionpeacesigns.blogspot.com as well.

Hope you'll join this project! And if you have other Peace PHotos, don't be shy! Send them to the One Million Peace Signs Group as well, and we'll take it from there!

peace...pass it on!
Zoey
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Patrick John Quinn says:

done, Zoey. Apologies for the delay.
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