All big cities have their areas of urban blight. Bristol is no exception. It is, however, the home of Banksy, and as a consequence the city council has a much more enlightened view of graffiti than is taken by most such bodies. Last week that view produced some glorious results.

Those of you whom I have shown around Bristol (Kevin, Glenda, Farah & Edward from memory) will doubtless remember walking down Broad Street to the ancient Church of St. John the Baptist where two mediaeval archways have been decorated with murals to discourage graffiti. Beyond that is Nelson Street, an archetypal concrete monstrosity, but now home to See No Evil, a magnificent exhibition of street-painting art.

You can learn more about the exhibition, and the artists involved, at the official website. My own photos are available below, and I’m sure that Google will turn up many more. There were certainly plenty of people taking pictures there yesterday when I took mine. Hopefully the art will be there for a long time to come. The site is about half an hour’s walk from the BristolCon venue.

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