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At Van’s Feet

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In these details from one of the murals at the Duke Of York, Wilde, Beckett and Joyce lie at the feet of Van Morrison, along with two of Van’s albums, a saxophone, a pack of cigarettes, a pail of water and two cone-shaped objects. Sınéad O’Connor and Barry McGuigan, among others look on. In the second image, there are two Them posters on the back wall and Van’s Magic Time album is on stage.

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outside: mark, una healey, michael, enya, nick, angela feeney, c s lewis, dennis taylor, may mcfettridge, paul brady, winston, patrick kielty, brian moore, willie john mcbride, pearce elliot, john lynch, george hamilton, pierce brosnan, ciaran mcmenamin, maggie cronin, hammy, lisa, big william, chris, paddy, eddie irvine, christine bleakley, brendan behan, derek dougan, patrick kavanagh, sir john lavery, john mccormack, danny blanchflower, mary peters, harry gregg, frank carson, martin o’neill OBE, dervla kirwin, stephen rea, hugh russell, wee john caldwell, nadine coyle, julie, martin lynch, nee, ronnie drew, dolores o’riordan, ciaran hinds, belfast local caron keating, kenneth branagh, alice, liam clancy, duke special, bono

Outreach

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A partly commercial, partly political, mural on the Abercorn Bar, Abercorn Road, London-/Derry/Doire. The figures with outstretched hands are a copy of Maurice Harron’s ‘Hands of Peace’ statue, which is at the roundabout roughly 250m away (where the bridge in the picture lands on the city-side of the Foyle river; the location of the pub is up the hill to the left). He has made a great deal of other interesting work too – check out the video of him at work on his web site.

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Dilly-Dali-ing

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Time becomes distorted under the influence of Guinness and Salvador Dali and his Persistence of Memory at the Duke of York, or more precisely, in the archway that leads from Donegall Street to the pub. Dali’s original is only 9.5 x 13 inches. This is the centre part of a larger mural; there are also three images of Dali in the windows above the archway (see T00766). The Spaniard bar in Skipper Street (one block south of the Duke Of York) also featured Dali on its sign.

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Yes, We Are Closed

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One of four consecutive buildings with fake storefronts in Dún Geimhin/Dungiven. Painted boards have been placed over the windows and door (and the handle put back on the door?). The helpful “closed” sign prevents confusion!

Previously featured fake storefronts on the Newtownards Rd: Down The Shops | Semiotics. And relatedly: Recession In Fivemiletown.

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Semiotics

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They say (some) shows on TV these days are good for you, because they are so complex in structure and signification. The citizens of Belfast are well up to the task, one suspects, as they get plenty of practice just walking down the street (in this case, the Newtownards Road): the Union flag is the most familiar signifier of the group, the fake storefronts (more) might take a moment to process (and make life difficult for bloggers differentiating between murals and street scenes), and one can then attempt to unscramble the meaning of adipose tissue (a.k.a. fat) of a bare-chested man spreading over his “cancer”-banded underwear. The store to the right of (the fake) Marie’s is coincidentally called “Body Language”! See image below ….

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Local History From Local People

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“Get the real story – local history from local people – take a black taxi tour – West Belfast Taxi Association – 40 years unbroken service”. The tours of “local” history are of course aimed at non-locals as part of the ‘dark tourism’ or ‘Troubles tourism’ boom.

Here is the Getty Images photo of British Army soldiers on the Falls Road in 1969, on which the mural is based.

International Wall, west Belfast.

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Community Transport System

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In March or April of 2012, many of the murals on the International Wall were modified to include ‘posters’ for the ‘Free Marian Price’ campaign, including the ’40 year’ black taxi mural shown above. As a member of the IRA, Price was jailed for the Old Bailey bombing in 1973, and her post-Agreement license was revoked in May, 2011, when she was charged, as a member of the Real IRA, in connection with the Massereene Barracks shooting of 2009 – she was sent to Maghaberry. Starting in June, 2011, graffiti and art calling for her release began appearing.

Below are more of the modified murals on the wall. Not included below are the Falls Curfew modification and the Kieran Nugent modification (see M08273).

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Hot Cross Buns

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The giant dragon that provides the heat for the oven in O’Connor’s bakery is so big that it takes up all six of the shutters on the shops on the Falls at the top of Donegall Rd.

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Titanic

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The impending resurrection of Titanic looms overhead, a new and shiny “reason to visit Belfast” in contrast with the boarded up houses on Lawnbrook Avenue.

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