Appropriate for Halloween: two pieces of scary street art by HIMBAD (Tw | Insta). Above, a sheep in wolf’s clothing, perhaps. And below, a BIG cat!
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painted wall
Death Drivers
“Death drivers are killing the community” – anti-joy-riding mural in Beechmount with a skeletal head crashing through a windscreen.
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X03286 Beechmount ave
Up Under The Earth
Multi-storey street art by KVLR (Kev Largey) for Culture Night Belfast.
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COYBIG
“Come on, you boys in green!” Here’s a mural from the summer, when Ireland (and Northern Ireland) took part in the European soccer championships. The Euro 2016 trophy is at the centre of an Irish Tricolour.
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Local Heroes
Five images from the Local Heroes at the Creggan shops: James McLean (footballer), Tony O’Doherty (footballer), David McAuley (Special Olympian who lit the flame to open the 2003 games in Dublin), Charlie Nash (boxer), and Aileen Reid (triathlete) (and, in a separate post, swimmer Liam Ball). The murals were painted by Karl Porter and Donal O’Doherty from UV Arts.
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The Saturday Matinee
Young people in Derry would spend Saturdays (and many other days) rioting against the British Army presence in the city, which began in August 1969 after the Battle Of The Bogside. Thus, the popular name for this Bogside Artists mural ‘Saturday Matinee’; the official title is “The Rioter”. Part of The People’s Gallery.
The original photograph on which the mural is based is by Clive Limpkin. The rioter himself is perhaps Billy McVeigh.
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Amazing Night At Larne
“Amazing night at Larne – Wholesale gun-running — Thousands of rifles landed — Three-and-a-half million cartidges – Motors from far and near – Astounding achievement — Special To Telegraph”.
The weapons on board the Clyde Valley began their journey on a different ship, the Fanny. However, Fanny’s papers were siezed by Danish authorities, as they thought the weapons were destined for home-rulers in Iceland! The ship escaped in bad weather and Clyde Valley sailed from Glasgow to the Irish sea off Wexford where it met Fanny, took the materiel on board, and temporarily renamed itself Mountjoy II using canvas sheets. From there, it sailed to Larne and then Bangor, off-loading weapons in both places for use by the Ulster Volunteers.
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X03784 X03783 Greenland Dr
The Huntress
Here are two close-ups of Friz’s The Huntress, with dog straining at the chain within sight of the deer leaping in the background. The piece was painted in Kent Street for CNB16/Hit The North, with Danleo’s Palm Cockatoo in the background.
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Palm Cockatoo
Conflict
Work by Spanish artist Sabek in Belfast city centre for Culture Night/Hit The North.
Last year for CNB15 he painted a spear and a snake. The wide shot below shows his piece next to Dan Kitchener’s Blurry Eyed.
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