Eyes on the Streets

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Queen Elizabeth + Bowie = Banksy NOT!

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Mary C

Rock star status lightning bolt – a now iconic symbol painted on David Bowie’s face for the “Aladdin Sane” album cover in 1973. Here, ~~Banksy~~ Incwel applies the lightning bolt to a younger Queen Elizabeth in a piece titled “Still Sane”- bestowing her with rock star status? It was painted in 2012, the year of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee (i.e. her 60th year as monarch).

behind a traffic light, on the upper level of a building, on a pale grey wall, a Banksy street art. A black and white Queen Elizabeth 2, younger woman, with a crown on her head. She has a red and blue David Bowie lightning bolt across her face like the Aladdin Sane album cover of 1973

9 thoughts on “Queen Elizabeth + Bowie = Banksy NOT!”

Manja Maksimovič on March 1, 2022 at 7:07 am said:

Ohh, this is wicked good.

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theartblogger54 on March 1, 2022 at 12:44 pm said:

Not Banksy: http://www.ukstreetart.co.uk/incwels-still-sane-in-bristol/

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- Mary C on March 1, 2022 at 3:36 pm said:
  
  Thanks for letting me know! I’ll make the correction.
  
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- Mary C on March 1, 2022 at 3:54 pm said:
  
  Do you know if IncWell is still active? Or if he/she has any website or social media presence?
  
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  - theartblogger54 on March 1, 2022 at 8:31 pm said:
    
    I don’t know Mary there is very little information out there about Incwel. This piece piece (or so I believe) was painted back in 2012 and there was a Banksy piece on that same wall previously (the second picture on this video) https://visitbristol.co.uk/things-to-do/banksy-walking-tour-p1354013
    
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  - theartblogger54 on March 1, 2022 at 8:41 pm said:
    
    I just came across this – make of it what you will: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGr1MofFwNO/
    
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  - Mary C on March 1, 2022 at 11:42 pm said:
    
    Thanks for the link…. interesting article.
    
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  - theartblogger54 on March 1, 2022 at 8:42 pm said:
    
    https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/incwel/
    
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theartblogger54 on March 1, 2022 at 12:55 pm said:

http://www.bristol-street-art.co.uk/gallery/photo/bowie-to-the-queen

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