Demolition work in the upper Ballysillan area makes for Mondrian-style artwork (WP).
In the shot below: anti-LVF graffiti on the same wall. See also the painted-over LVF mural in the street.
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A sad Scotsman has been swallowed by a whale and is living in the belly of the beast along with an octopus, a little boy, and various other creatures. For CNB 2014 by Martina Scott, Drawn In Belfast, John McFarlane/Cosmic Bacon and others.
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Here’s DMC’s (Fb | Web) CNB 2014 mural in Kent Street, featuring dubstep artist/producer Skream (Oliver Jones), who was one of the artists at the Red Bull Music Academy at the end of September (which was also promoted in KVLR’s piece – see Home Taping Is Killing Music).
Previously from Dermot McConaghy for CNB 2013: Long Runs The Fox
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Here’s emic’s (Eoin McGinn, This Means Nothing) main piece for CNB 2014, in (upper) North Street.
Also by emic for CNB14: Lost In The Music. For CNB13: CameraMan. For CNB12: Through The Fog. Previously: Deconstructions | Through The Mists Of Time
2016 Update – the mural is “enhanced” by CASP:
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Street art from London-based artist Inkie (Fb), at the back of the Sunflower Bar, similar to Boogie Down Belfast but dedicated to the memory of a deceased friend, Sally Tutton.
See also: last year’s Lost Soul.
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The king of the jungle is wearing a wide-brimmed purple fedora, in the middle of a long, three shop-front piece by Twitch (Fb) – wide shot below. The sunflowers are for the Sunflower bar, on the other side of the street.
Previously at the Sunflower: The Men Who Stare At Bikes | No Topless Bathing – Ulster Has Suffered Enough
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The Morrígan (the phantom queen or the great queen) is a character from Irish mythology, appearing prominently in the story of Cú Chulaınn. She takes various forms – crow, cow, wolf, eel, as shown on the right-hand side of the mural above – in addition to appearing as a young and old woman and as a trio of women. (For more info, consult WP.) This is new work by Friz (Web | Fb | Tw) for Culture Night Belfast 2014.
Previous work by Friz
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If it’s good enough to paint with, it’s good enough to drink. Two characters colour themselves by drinking paint through straws (the male is “Taps Aff“?, with little Terror Cheb in the corner) – work by Glasgow artist Conzo Throb (web | Fb) on the shutters of the old Tivoli barbers in Lower Garfield Street for Culture Night Belfast 2014.
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Surf- and skate-boarder Tony Alva (web) is the subject of this Psychonautes (web | Fb) stencil in Garfield Street. In addition to another Tony Alva, Psychonautes has also done portraits of two other skateboarding legends – Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen – in the Frenchman’s adopted hometown of Cork. Some idea of the method used can be gathered from this video of the production of a piece for a tapas restaurant in Dublin.
Replaces David McClelland’s Take The Red Pill
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