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Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in Bristol street-art kiss | Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in Bristol street-art kiss |
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Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have been pictured in a passionate embrace in a 15ft-high artwork painted on to a building in Bristol. | Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have been pictured in a passionate embrace in a 15ft-high artwork painted on to a building in Bristol. |
It portrays the US and UK politicians - who are united over desires for Britain to exit the EU - engaged in a kiss. | It portrays the US and UK politicians - who are united over desires for Britain to exit the EU - engaged in a kiss. |
The image is reminiscent of an iconic Berlin Wall artwork of a kiss between ex-Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East Germany's Eric Honecker. | The image is reminiscent of an iconic Berlin Wall artwork of a kiss between ex-Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East Germany's Eric Honecker. |
The area where it has appeared is regarded as Banksy's "spiritual home". | The area where it has appeared is regarded as Banksy's "spiritual home". |
The work is situated in The Carriageworks in Stokes Croft, part of a collection of buildings considered to be one of the city's biggest eyesores. | |
Campaign group We Are Europe said it was behind the artwork. | |
Spokeswoman Harriet Kingaby said: "People need to look at this image and think, 'is this the future I want'?" | |
Felix Braun, one of the artists, said painting it "surreal and brilliant" as it provoked "so much laughter and strong opinions" from passers-by. | |
"People were beeping their horns, stopping their cars to take pictures out of the window, shouting their approval, coming up and shaking our hands," said Mr Braun. | |
Text below the painting suggests that voters who are against the pro-Brexit stance of Mr Trump and Mr Johnson should register to vote in next month's referendum. | |
Mr Johnson, former London mayor, is leading a campaign for Britain to leave the EU. | Mr Johnson, former London mayor, is leading a campaign for Britain to leave the EU. |
US presidential hopeful Mr Trump has said that the UK would be "better off without" the European Union, and blamed the EU for the migration crisis. | US presidential hopeful Mr Trump has said that the UK would be "better off without" the European Union, and blamed the EU for the migration crisis. |
The Bristol painting is similar to the picture My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, sometimes referred to as the Fraternal Kiss, a 1990 graffiti painting on the Berlin Wall by Dmitri Vrubel. | |
It depicts Brezhnev and Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. | It depicts Brezhnev and Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. |