Banksy • Parliament Square • Brian Haw

[andrewd]

Brain has been legally represented during his time on Parliament Square and I am sure that they are aware of what is missing and how to retrieve it /claim damages etc .
I spoke to him four or five years ago about this canvas, telling him that it must be worth something. He said to me that Banksy had told him that it might have a monetary value but that what he was doing was worth far more. Brian was quite chuffed with that.

[Coach]

Dedicated last years of his life to peacful demonstration.
RIP Brian Haw

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13828800

[maumau93]

a true shame

[Coach]

[Baby Dave]

Did any one get to meet him?

[skitchy]

I met him on a few occasions top bloke, always interesting to chat to.

Will always remember him back in the day standing in parliament square speaker phone in one hand, beer in the other fighting his cause whilst dozens of police watched helplessly and filmed with video cameras.

10 years of 24/7 living and breathing central London car fumes...

RIP

[shaunyboy]

Does anyone know if Brian ever got his Banksy back?
The police nicked it in 2006.
Bloody shame if its locked up somewhere.

[joeschmo]

This one


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[adewilliams]

a true inspiration. I met him a couple of times, on one occasion both his wrists were broken from a recent arrest. Legend

[Happy Shopper]

Incredible to commit so much of his life to something he believed in. He'll be missed.

[sal]

think I briefly heard about him a while ago, but after reading about him I must say he sounds like a true, one in a million legend kind of guy! .. Im sure he will be missed more than we can imagine right now...

[Guy Denning]

May he rest in peace. I had a chat with him a long time ago and in my opinion his protest was doing his mental health no good at all. A lovely, committed and gentle man.

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[BorntoKiln]

What an inspiration, will be missed. RIP!

[Coach]

Short film on bbc website

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13829433

[andrewd]

I met several years ago as the wind was blowing some of his pictures across parliament green. I helped him take them back to his tent. I got a proper mouthful from him for helping! I think he thought the world was against him! Anyway we had a chat and I asked him about the Banksy which had been taken by the police, when I told him it was valuable he said that Banksy had told him that never mind what value people put on art works, that what he ( Brian ) was doing was far more valuable.

[howlinhooker]

nice little story ..............andrewd

[gwenie]

I am so very saddened by this news :*(

[motor]

www.banksy.co.uk/

[smallbylo]

[shaunyboy]

Jun 21, 2011 21:14:54 GMT 1 andrewd said:

I met several years ago as the wind was blowing some of his pictures across parliament green. I helped him take them back to his tent. I got a proper mouthful from him for helping! I think he thought the world was against him! Anyway we had a chat and I asked him about the Banksy which had been taken by the police, when I told him it was valuable he said that Banksy had told him that never mind what value people put on art works, that what he ( Brian ) was doing was far more valuable.

I couldn't agree more. But it was still wrong for the Rozzers to nick it.

A couple of snaps taken in 2006.

[chyren]

Met him once..
And heard him having sex in his tent another time..

I was showing the parliament and taking pics of the Banksy cnd(could someone explain to me what cnd means??)at night to a deaf and mute Russian woman...
I perfectly remember that night..XXX rated..

[fingerz]

he Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an anti-nuclear organization that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, and for international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CND

[skitchy]

Jul 1, 2011 20:19:49 GMT 1 shaunyboy said:

Jun 21, 2011 21:14:54 GMT 1 andrewd said:

I met several years ago as the wind was blowing some of his pictures across parliament green. I helped him take them back to his tent. I got a proper mouthful from him for helping! I think he thought the world was against him! Anyway we had a chat and I asked him about the Banksy which had been taken by the police, when I told him it was valuable he said that Banksy had told him that never mind what value people put on art works, that what he ( Brian ) was doing was far more valuable.

I couldn't agree more. But it was still wrong for the Rozzers to nick it.

A couple of snaps taken in 2006.

Would be very interested to know what his Banksy originals are doing these days...sure worth a hell of a lot of $$$ being the size they are

from memory he had a huge petrol head canvas also

[skitchy]

One evening two guys arrived in Parliament Square and approached Brian Haw "We have been talking about you in the pub and decided we should do some thing to help. I have got a couple of ideas for pictures I would like to put into your peace campaign display!" A few days later they returned with two painting and installed them amongst the Brian Haw demonstration placards facing Parliament. The picture next to this caption being one of the two paintings, with Brian Haw tiding in front. The other one can be viewed in the Artist Gallery on this website. The painter was the elusive English graffiti artist Banksy, being as good as his word.

Date: 10/04/06
Location: Parliament Square, London
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff

www.richardkeithwolff.com/photo_1949449.html#photos_id=1949449

[Coach]

Artist Mark Wallinger recreated Brian Haw's protest in the Tate



www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/wallinger/

[skitchy]

Jul 2, 2011 11:09:02 GMT 1 skitchy said:

One evening two guys arrived in Parliament Square and approached Brian Haw "We have been talking about you in the pub and decided we should do some thing to help. I have got a couple of ideas for pictures I would like to put into your peace campaign display!" A few days later they returned with two painting and installed them amongst the Brian Haw demonstration placards facing Parliament. The picture next to this caption being one of the two paintings, with Brian Haw tiding in front. The other one can be viewed in the Artist Gallery on this website. The painter was the elusive English graffiti artist Banksy, being as good as his word.

Date: 10/04/06
Location: Parliament Square, London
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff

www.richardkeithwolff.com/photo_1949449.html#photos_id=1949449

Any update on Brian Haws CND Canvas? ...just wondering if it has turned up in any auctions/gallerys as of late (or still in police custody)?

[shaunyboy]

I wonder....

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From what I was told, at least one of the large canvas were claimed from the met...
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I believe the petrol head exists hidden away.......

[7star]

Just interested on the fate of Brian Haw's missing petrol head canvas and his CND soldiers canvas