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Banksy's new Bristol work, Pierced Eardrum, vandalised | Banksy's new Bristol work, Pierced Eardrum, vandalised |
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A new mural by street artist Banksy in Bristol has been vandalised less than 24 hours after the work appeared. | A new mural by street artist Banksy in Bristol has been vandalised less than 24 hours after the work appeared. |
The image, a parody of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, was found on Hanover Place near the city's harbour. | The image, a parody of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, was found on Hanover Place near the city's harbour. |
Girl with a Pierced Eardrum incorporates an alarm box as the model's earring. | Girl with a Pierced Eardrum incorporates an alarm box as the model's earring. |
On Tuesday, the work was found with dark paint thrown across the bottom of the woman's face. | On Tuesday, the work was found with dark paint thrown across the bottom of the woman's face. |
Banksy's last work in the city was Mobile Lovers, which appeared in a doorway in Clement Street in April. | Banksy's last work in the city was Mobile Lovers, which appeared in a doorway in Clement Street in April. |
A row broke out over who owned it, with Bristol City Council arguing the work was on its land. | A row broke out over who owned it, with Bristol City Council arguing the work was on its land. |
However, Banksy wrote to Broad Plain Boys' Club saying it was theirs and the club sold it to a private collector for £403,000. | However, Banksy wrote to Broad Plain Boys' Club saying it was theirs and the club sold it to a private collector for £403,000. |
But the anonymous graffiti artist's new mural is not the first to have been vandalised in his home town. | |
In 2009, red paint was thrown over Mild Mild West on Stokes Croft prompting calls for the piece - one of Banksy's most famous - to be protected with a clear plastic covering. | |
And months later the Hanging Man, at the bottom of Park Street, was damaged with blue paint. Both pieces were successfully restored. | |
But one work that could not be saved was painted close to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. | |
The image, featuring a police sniper about to be surprised by a boy bursting a paper bag, was painted over after black paint destroyed the image. |
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