British street artist Banksy is opening a darkly humorous theme park in southwest England that spoofs Disneyland.
On its website Dismaland — which opens for five weeks only — is described as a "festival of art, amusements and entry-level anarchism." It says it is an "alternative to the sugar-coated tedium of the average family day out." The theme-park installation features art work by Banksy and other artists such as British bad boy Damien Hirst (he of shark preserved in a tank of formaldehyde fame) and is housed on the grounds of a disused outdoor swimming pool complex called the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town near Banksy's native Bristol.
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Bath & Southwest England (Chapter)
Coverage includes: Hampshire, New Forest, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Wiltshire, Stonehenge & around, Exmoor National Park, Devon, Exeter & Around, Torquay & Around, Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Tintagel, Newquay, Penzance, Southeast Cornwall & the Rame Peninsula, Isles of Scilly.
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On its website Dismaland — which opens for five weeks only — is described as a "festival of art, amusements and entry-level anarchism." It says it is an "alternative to the sugar-coated tedium of the average family day out." The theme-park installation features art work by Banksy and other artists such as British bad boy Damien Hirst (he of shark preserved in a tank of formaldehyde fame) and is housed on the grounds of a disused outdoor swimming pool complex called the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town near Banksy's native Bristol.
Bath & Southwest England (Chapter)
Don’t forget the offer of 3 for 2 across all formats
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