Banksy’s “Mobile Lovers” Found, Taken Down by Local Organization
April 15, 2014 | Andy Cush
Hours after a fan discovered the location of Banksy’s new magazine cover-evoking “mobile lovers” piece, the Broad Plains Boys Club, a nearby organization, pulled it down with a crowbar. “The new Banksy piece is being held in our club to prevent any vandalism or damage being done,” reads a note where the piece formerly sat.
The club is allowing visitors to come inside and see the piece for a fee — just like in East New York, where a group of residents charged $20 a head to see a beaver stencil the artist painted in October. “The club is 120 years old and we need £120,000 to keep the club open,” Gordon Powell, a worker at Broad Plains, told the BBC. “We’re open all the time, day and night, so people can come and see it for a small donation.”
The saga of Banksy's "Mobile Lovers" -- a piece the artist painted on a wall in his native Bristol in April -- has been a long one, but it seems to be drawing to a close. Dennis Stinchcombe of Broad Plains Boys Club, a nearby youth organization that claimed the…
Recently, the only street artist the mainstream cares about, Banksy, installed one of his signature stencil pieces, depicting two lovers engrossed in their mobile phones, on public property in his hometown of Bristol. Hours after its location was discovered and announced to the world, sending droves of fans to take…
When a piece of stenciled art on plywood appeared in Bristol last month affixed to a public wall near the Broad Plains Boys Club, its leader Dennis Stinchcombe couldn’t be certain it was the work of Banksy. The piece depicted a man and woman staring into their cell phone screens,…
