Bansky's Dismaland park (50 Pics)
The Dismaland Bemusement Park in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, which was unveiled by street artist Banksy today has sparked controversy by featuring a piece which appears to reference Princess Diana's death. The piece shows a dead, blonde princess spilling out of her crashed carriage and lit up by the swarm of paparazzi, whose flashing cameras take photo after photo of the tragic crash scene
A run-down castle which forms part of Dismaland Bemusement Park, Banksy's biggest show to date. The site of the Tropicana lido in Weston has been sealed off over the last few weeks while the show was put together and it will open for the first time on Saturday
A mermaid piece by Banksy, with a castle by Banksy and Block 9 in the background, during the press view for the artist's biggest show
The Big Rig Jig, an artwork by Mike Ross, is one of the hundreds which will be on display at Dismaland Bemusement Park
A mushroom cloud artwork by artist Dietrich Wegner stands in the middle of one of the exhibition rooms at the bemusement park
An artwork featuring Prime Minister David Cameron enjoying a glass of wine by Peter Kennard and Cat Phillips on display at Dismaland
An artwork by Jimmy Cauty titled The Aftermath Displacement Principle - a model of an entire town frozen just after a period of civil unrest
A hummingbird piece by Banksy which was unveiled this morning during the press view for the artist's biggest show to date
The big wave painting by Banksy. He described the exhibition as 'a festival of art, amusements and entry-level anarchism'
A visitor poses for a picture through a 'selfie hole', during the press view for artist Banksy's biggest show to date in Weston-super-Mare
The cardboard security entrance by artist Bill Barminski comes complete with deadpan and disinterested security guards
A unicorn piece by Damien Hirst is just one of the many weird and wonderful artworks on display at Banksy's 'Dismaland'
An merry-go-round installation at Dismaland comes complete with beautiful horses and cardboard boxes marked 'lasagne'
The Bristol-based artist was inspired to create the park after peeking through a gap in the fence at the Tropicana site in January
The Bristol-based artist was inspired to create the park after peeking through a gap in the fence at the Tropicana site in January
The Grim Reaper rides the dodgems at Dismaland Bemusement Park ahead of the park's official opening on Saturday
Another of the new pieces by Banksy which shows two young boys peering at a woman showering behind a piece of corrugated metal
A woman is attacked by seagulls in another piece by Banksy which is on display at Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare
Many of Banksy's works will need audience participation to come to life as the show aims to offer an 'escape from mindless escapism'
At ‘Water Cannon Creek’, an armour police riot van built to serve on the streets of Northern Ireland has been fitted with a children’s slide
An exhibition guide holding balloons, during the press day for the artist Banksy's biggest show to date, entitled 'Dismaland', at Tropicana in Western-super-Mare
The Dismaland name - which is a clear satire of Disneyland - offers a major thematic clue as to what the show will be about
A map which purports to show the different sections the 'bemusement park' has to offer, including rides, sculptures and a medical centre
One of the artworks which will be on show at Dismaland - a rather interesting horse sculpted by the artist Maskull Lasserre
Time for a cuppa? This quirky work by Israeli artist Ronit Baranga will also be part of the unusual exhibition in Weston-super-Mare
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