In addition to many paintings in a distinctive style, Belfast artist John Luke’s (one | two) work included a few murals, most famously an image of Belfast’s Charter painted in the City Hall. He lends his name to the gallery in north Belfast’s Arts For All centre which is now fronted by a mural in his style.
For the undead in the windows of the taxi office, see Haunted.
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Writing by “Amanda” below the remains of Andy Council’s Belfast Phoenix. Previously by the same writer: Amanda Jayne.
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A piece of toast by London artist Artista (web) who was in Belfast for CNB/HTN, part of her toast rampage series.
Previously: Sweet Music
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emic’s (web) signature piece is the outstretched hand. This new version is surrounded by pro-gay-marriage slogans such as “support love” and “legalise love” and “love equality“.
Also by emic (formerly This Means Nothing): This Means Nothing | Lost In The Music | CameraMan | Through The Fog | Deconstructions | Through The Mists Of Time.
Replaces Elph’s Imaginarium in Garfield St.
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For CNB16/HTN in Belfast’s city centre street artist VisualWaste (Web | Fb | Tw) painted rapper, producer, and clothing designer (and recent Trump admirer and visitor to Trump Tower) Kanye West.
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Glasgow artist Conzo Throb (web | Fb) was back in Belfast for CNB16/HTN. The Avon name dates back to 1929 in New York and the company has sellers in more than 100 countries. Male sellers are uncommon but not unheard of – here’s a 2006 NYTimes profile of an ‘Avon Man’. Nonetheless, “Yer Da sells [the] Avon” is the ultimate Scots insult.
Previously by Conzo Throb: Fill Up On Colour | Let’s Melt
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Here’s a piece of street art (in Kent Street) showing two figures out at night, perhaps dancing by the campfire or toasting marshmallows or worshipping a tree god? The wide shot shows how the piece was made to fit with the Gorny Goohoo already in place.
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At the turn of the century, almost 100,000 people worked in Belfast mills; the smokestack from a mill appears alongside a H&W crane and the Titanic centre in the skyline of Faigy’s (Fb | Tw) piece for CNB/HTN. One site on linen production in and around Belfast notes that “machines were not properly guarded. Facial and hand injuries, ranging from lacerations to mutilations, were the most common”.
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Some asshole (her word, not ours) whitewashes a Rembrandt. Work by PANG (Fb | Web) for CNB16.
In the background on the right is part of KVLR’s CNB16 mural. See Up Under The Earth.
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