The Mild Mild West is a large mural painted in 1999 by the British street artist Banksy on the side of a building at 80 Stokes Croft in Bristol, England. It shows a teddy bear about to throw a Molotov cocktail at three riot police, made in response to a series of police raids on unlicensed warehouse parties in Bristol during the 1990s, including a clash with revellers at a New Year gathering on Winterstoke Road in 1997 and 1998. Painted over three days in full public view, the mural has since become a well known symbol of the countercultural identity of the city and of local resistance to policing and commercial redevelopment of the neighbourhood. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created Location80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, United Kingdom 1 Medium
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Infobox, Year
Year: 1999 (1999)
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Type: Mural
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sited on No. 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol.
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The Mild Mild West is a large mural painted in 1999 by the British street artist Banksy on the side of a building at 80 Stokes Croft in Bristol, England.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
The Mild Mild West is a 1999 mural by graffiti artist Banksy, sited on No. 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol. It depicts a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at three riot police.
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