'Erotic' Queen mural sparks fury in Sheffield as residents demand 'vandalism' is jet washed away
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It was commissioned by Erica Anderson, boss of Blynk Lash and Brow on Chesterfield Road and painted by Paul Staveley, following the death of the Queen on September 8.
Erica said: “She will always be our Queen. Thank you Paul, what an amazing job, she is beautiful’.
But on Facebook group Only In Meersbrook, Josh Davies, said: “Have we really become the kind of neighbourhood where this kind of broad daylight vandalism of our community walls takes place without consequence??
“Watch out for your walls people, I don’t think this is the last bit of so-called “erotic“ graffiti we’ll be getting round here if things keep deteriorating at their current rate #reflexology”.
Erica responded: "Thanks for the publicity Josh your a hun".
“This is still spray paint on a public road there is no exception, it's vandalism!!!” said another
A third said: “Can anyone recommend a place to hire a jetwash? Asking for a friend.”
Another user added: “Loving the sheer amount of murals of the queen that are popping up that look very unlike the queen.”
One user said: “'It's called art', all the graffito apologists make this argument”.
Other posters were more positive about the mural, on the Valley Road side of the premises.
One said: “Missed it….bottom of my road that. I'm happy to have it, beats a brick wall. I think art is art whatever you may think of it.
“It's like music…I don't like all of it but I respect it all…same with art and the subject of it”.