Sunday 2 August 2015

Sunday Snap – Girl with a Pierced Eardrum

Banksy Girl with a Pierced Eardrum Bristol street art Hanover Place Harbourside
A rather neglected Salvation Army Citadel was the focus of last week's Sunday Snap. This Victorian meeting house was built in the 1890s after The Salvation Army was founded by

William Booth and his wife Catherine.

Well done to Cheryl, Rachel, Kirsty, Cass, Sarah, Michelle, Jen and Nadine for getting the question correct. A bumper crop of right answers last week. I'll have to make this week's question harder...

Last week we made a trip to Upfest, a street art festival in Bristol. For many people if you mention 'street art' and 'Bristol' you'll get one response – Banksy. Whilst the elusive Banksy has been rather prolific in his home city over the years there is so much more to Bristol's street art scene than just his work. However, such is the draw of Banksy's work that it is estimated that visitors coming to Bristol to view his work contribute anything between £2.5 million and £10 million each year to the local economy and effectively lowers the cost of Council Tax to Bristol residents. The last piece of work that Banksy claimed credit for in Bristol was back in October last year. Situated in Hanover Place near the Harbourside it was a parody of the 17th century painting by Johannes Vermeer. The original painting has also inspired a novel and in turn a film and play adaptation. This week's question is

What is the name of the original painting by Johannes Vermeer?

We were joined last week by Betty and her perfectly framed shot of the two remaining rock 'sisters' at Three Sisters Beach in New Zealand. There was some underage driving going on with Susan. Is it a plane, is it a bird? Well it's certainly a superhero over at Cheryl's Madhouse. Sophie was joining us for the first time with a lovely twilight sky. The bees were busy at work on the alliums in Kirsty's garden. Finally, Sam has been eyeing up the coffee and cheese at an Italian delicatessen.

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15 comments:

  1. Yay, I have this exact same picture, only with me standing in front of it! It took us ages to find it, we certainly got some exercise that day. I still like the Mild, Mild West the best though. It's a huge mural of a teddy bear in Stokes Croft on the left hand side, as you enter the city from the North.

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  2. The Girl with the Pearl Earring :) I'm off on holiday so won't be taking part for a couple of weeks - see you when I get back with loads of snaps to share ! :)

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  3. I am sure it's the girl with the pearl earring? Could be wrong. It's a lovely piece of art x

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  4. The Girl with the Pearl Earring and I don't even know why (of if) I know that!

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  5. That street art is fantastic. However you have got me stumped with this weeks question! Have a good week x

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  6. This street art looks fantastc, I'm not sure I've ever been to Bristol, I need to take a trp. Mich x

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  7. I love some street art, not all, but some people are just so talented and awe-inspiring x

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  8. What a beautiful place just stunning.

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  9. oooh I'd love to go to Upfest, it sounds brilliant.

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  10. What a great piece of street art

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  11. I have no idea where this is but it looks very interesting

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  12. That is very creative, Vanessa, using that alarm box as an earring, brilliant!xx

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  13. I adore street art and this is ace. It is the girl with the pearl earring

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  14. haha pearl earring isnt it, amazing piece of art , would love to see it up front

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  15. I'm guessing it's The Girl with the Pearl Earring.

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