Here are two panels of Matt Sewell’s large-scale mural at the Donegall Street end of the North Street Arcade: above is an owl (held by a girl) and below is a jay (?). (For another owl, see Only When The Dusk Starts To Fall and for all the birds you’ll need, see his three volumes of bird illustrations.)
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Flyer in Hill Street: A water-colour fish and a modified version of “I will be still and know you are god” – the designer of the flyer omitted the “I will” and someone has inserted an extra “o” by hand, changing “god” to “good”.
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This mural is on the Ardoyne-Glenbryn “peace” wall, on the Alliance Avenue side, showing a DJ with two turntables and a crowd of local (cross-community?) youths: Beth, Mat(?), Jake, Brittany, Trevor, George, Alyssa, Jessica, Anna, Corbin, Maria, Julia, Mary, Rachel, Emily, El(?), Jennifer. If you have any information about this mural, please comment or send an e-mail.
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2014 is the tenth anniversary of the fire in the North Street Arcade (2004-04-17). The image above, which is one and a half storeys tall, is part of a recent (June) work by Matt Sewell (Twitter | Web | Fb). His work is at the Donegall Street end of the arcade; Andy Council’s Belfast Phoenix is at the other end; see that post for more about the fire.
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From the pages of a book spring a world of adventure: a sailor lass looks through a spyglass for landmarks that will lead to buried treasure, where “X” marks the spot, while the ship is assailed by a tentacled monster from the deep. Work by friz (Twitter | Web) outside the Crescent Arts Centre on University Road, with shots of the writing to the left and right (by some the TMN crew), and a quote from John Webster’s Duchess Of Malfi, below: “Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
Also recently by Friz: The Cat That Got The Cream
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Street art on Unity Walk (between North Street and Kent Street) by NOTA (“none of the above” – his web site appears to have disappeared and there’s nothing for TMN – The Most Nasty) showing a US flag in flames.
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Street art near Menagerie on University Road – there are similar pieces in other locations. If you know the artist, please leave a comment.
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Out-of-this-world work by Scottish artist (Mark) Lyken (Twitter | Fb) – signature at the top, in the middle – on the front of Menagerie (Tumblr) on University Street. Wide shot below.
Previously from Menagerie: The Piano Has Been Smoking | Eyes Wide Shut
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In Belfast city centre in the early morning, it’s generally safe for the milkman to leave the milk on the pavement outside business premises, but perhaps not when there’s a well-camouflaged tiger on the prowl – red and white striped to match the pole of the Tivoli barber shop.
Work by friz in North Street; replaces KinMX’s blue-haired nude.
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SWANK Street Theatre characters Madame Fondant and Mademoiselle Patti Cerie, who graced Festival Of Fools 2014 in May, have been immortalized in a paste-up in Garfield Street (below) and Kent Street (bottom).
Here is video of two other SWANK characters, usherettes Pearl & Deanie.
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Extramural Activity 