[Strange Al]

dave313perry said:

Blu's latest release?

nope, I mean pretty much identical - i.e., gorilla holding a mask.

[dave313perry]

not sure, someone will know!! i really think this looks like a pice of blu magic but scale suggests otherwise from what Iv seen!

[corblimeylimey]

Doesn't look like Banksy to me.

[Run Pig Run]

it looks too neat for a banksy. I love the detail and colours and hope it is banksy but i'm not sure he would just spray a gorilla on a random building without any meaning attached to it. I hope i'm wrong because I love it.........bagsy the avatar...

[danvnuk]

Doesn't look like Banksy to me either.

I like it though ;D

[BK83]

Yeh -- not totally sure that that is Banksy - great piece though.

[saajid22]

i will pass this on the way to work tomorrow. by the look of it it's on Stapleton road and not in Stapleton which is a considerable distance away and not Banksy teritory(to my knowledge). my guess is it isn't banksy's work, but i do like it. stapleton road is one of the parts of bristol where prostitues stand looking for punters. can't think of much else of interest. there are a number of banksy's pieces within walking distance. there was a guy on the forum a couple of weeks ago from letthemhang and he said to keep an eye on gloucester road as he had been informed there was a new piece done somewhere there. a bloke i work with also told me about a small banksy not to far from the glouscester road today, which he hasn't seen before. but he wasn't convinced it was real. so i have some detective work to do over the weekend. can tie it i with going to Niche frames and picking up the latest Dan Baldwin print they've framed for me. nice

[megaelch]

as far as i remember the image comes from the Lion King Movie .. must be the scene where the gorillas enter the jungle camp ..

my name is .... and i am a Disney addict as well :-)

Stephan

[buddings]

there no gorillas in the lion king. maybe one of the sequels (i dont know as i havent seen them). but not the first one, unless he pops up in the 'i just can't wait to be king' song? ill watch it now....


edit - its not in the lion king

[megaelch]

ok my fault .. it is tarzan ..... not Lion King .. too many musicals ...
jungle camp scene ....

[saajid22]

i just had a long look at this and it is on stapleton road(near the eastville park end). i like it, but as for being a banksy, i don't think so. there is no sign of a tag anywhere. it is next to a church and on the side of what appears to be an empty flat. i wouldn't have the faintest idea who has done it and of course i could easily be wrong. but for me not banksy. well worth going to have a look if your in bristol though.

[mammal2]

I would say without doubt that this is a Banksy! 100%

[daz205]

so lets say it is a banksy what statement is it making?

[mammal2]

Its saying 'look how f**king cool I am'. Im a fat chimp that has just come out of the theatre wreaked on pims. Sometimes I think graf does'nt have to make a statement. It can just simply be great looking! BANKSY IS BACK!

[carlito]

gorilla's need their privacy too

[insite]

daz205 said:

so lets say it is a banksy what statement is it making?

How about now he's the "guerilla/gorilla artist" he still refuses to unmask himself ?

[trojan]

If its him, he's been in LA too long!

[dave313perry]

insite said:

daz205 said:

so lets say it is a banksy what statement is it making?

How about now he's the "guerilla/gorilla artist" he still refuses to unmask himself ?

Nice, i like it

[daz205]

it just seems too plain, i`m not a fan a stencil of some grubby old man trying to get a pro or something commenting on the surrounding area would have been better i think, if it is banksy then imo he`s losing his touch

[saajid22]

either way i like it