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Banksy - The naked man or well hung lover Bristol UK walkinbristol

5 Nearest Attraction

1. Bristol City Hall 

BS1 5TR

    (358 feet  -  min walking)

2. Bristol Cathedral 

BS1 5TJ

    (0,1 mile - 3 min walking)

3. Bristol Central Library 

BS1 5TL

    (0,1 mile - 3 min walking) 

4. Bristol Hippodrome 

BS1 4UZ

    (0,2 mile - 3 min walking)

5. Georgian House Museum 

BS1 5RR

    (0,2 mile - 4 min walking)

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Banksy's 

The Naked Man

'Well Hung Lover'

Park Street, Bristol BS1 5HX 

 

​Well Hung Lover, also called Naked Man Hanging From Window and simply Naked Man, is a mural by the anonymous street artist Banksy, on a wall in Frogmore Street, Bristol, England.

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Richie's opinion :

" I like the streetart, If it is really artistic, so I very like Banksy's artworks.

He inspired a lot of people, because he is not just a simple street artist , he is a political activist, and film director also, and make me a little bit angry, if someone don't respect his work, and make an attack to his art ( like the Well Hung Lover) .

I made a picture about this art after the first attack, because I moved to Bristol in 2015, and I remember , I was very sad, when I heard abot the second attack in 2018, but  luckily the most of the black graffities they can clean - but it never will be the same, and I want to turn back to the time, to see this streetart before the first attack,  because I think it is a pArt of Bristol :) ."

Nearest Public Toilet

             

      Bristol Central Library

      (Community Toilet Scheme)

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     College Green, Bristol BS1 5TL

 

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Bristol City Hall

(Community Toilet Scheme)

Accessible

College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR

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6 Nearest Banksy Streetart

1. Banksy’s Paint Pot Angel

( in Bristol Museum)

BS8 1RL

(0,3 mile - 8 min walking)

2. Banksy's You Don't Need Planning Permission to Build Castles in the Sky

BS1 5TL

(0,2 mile - 4 min walking)

3. Banksy ‘Grim Reaper’  

( in M Shed)

BS1 4RN

    (0,6 mile - 12 min walking) 

4. Banksy's The Girl With Pearl Earring 

BS1 6UT

    (0,7 mile  - 15 min walking)

5. Banksy's Rose Trap

BS6 5TN

    (0,9 mile - 21min walking)

6. Banksy's The Mild Mild West 

BS1 3QY

    (0,9 mile - 18 min walking)

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History

Well Hung Lover, also called Naked Man Hanging From Window and simply Naked Man, is a mural by the anonymous street artist Banksy, on a wall in Frogmore Street, Bristol, England.

Painted in 2006 on the side of a sexual health clinic, it is the first legal piece of street art in the UK following a survey by Bristol City Council, resulting in retrospective permission and protection being granted for the mural, despite featuring nudity.

It depicts a naked man hanging from a window, while a suited man looks out, next to a woman in her underwear.

In 2009, the mural was defaced by a paintball gun, resulting in a partial restoration by the City Council. However, some paint splatters remain on the artwork. It was defaced a second time in 2018, with black spray paint.

 

Well Hung Lover appeared at a time when the City Council's policy was to crack down on graffiti; the council were initially opposed to the mural.However, some residents supported the work, saying it "brightened up" the area. 

Following pressure to keep the mural, the council created an online poll asking whether or not it should be kept; 97% of respondents supported it, leading to retrospective permission being granted for the mural- the first legal street art mural in the UK.

The council stressed that this was an exception, and that future street art would not necessarily be tolerated.

In order to get to the appropriate height and maintain the mural's secrecy during its creation, scaffolding was erected against the wall, covered by tarpaulin. After three days, the council removed the scaffolding, discovering the artwork.

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On the night of 22 June 2009, 10 days into the Banksy Versus Bristol exhibition at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery just up the road, the mural was defaced by seven blue paintballs fired at the mural with a paintball gun. 

The perpetrator was never identified, although one suspect was King Robbo, due to his rivalry with Banksy at the time.

Councillor Gary Hopkins described the vandalism as "disappointing" and promised that the council would remove the paint stains. 

Three of the seven splatters have since been removed, but the council cannot remove the others without damaging the work, so they remain.

 

Well Hung Lover was defaced again on 24 February 2018, with black graffiti tags, beside and below the work, with phrases "KAPE", "SOAK", and "FUCK BANKSY". The legs of the hanging man were also sprayed over.

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Well Hung Lover is stencilled graffiti and depicts a naked man hanging from a windowsill by his right arm; his left arm covering his genitals. Looking out of the window are two people: a suited man on the left, and a woman in lingerie on the right, touching his shoulder.

The scenario portrayed is that the suited man is the woman's husband, and, suspecting her of having an extramarital affair with the naked man, is looking out of the window to search for him.

 

The mural as seen from Park Street in 2006. Brook Sexual Health Clinic is the red bricked building in the middle, with the mural on the side wall.

At the time of creation, the artwork was stencilled on the side wall of Brook Sexual Health Clinic on Frogmore Street, which has since relocated. However, since the mural is approximately 5 metres (16 ft) above street level, it is almost level with, and can be best viewed from, the Park Street bridge, above Frogmore Street.

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