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Prison First, Then President
Above is a new mural on Northumberland Street (not on Divis Street’s international wall) in honour of the ailing Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, on July 18th. Painted by Lucas Quigley (you can see a...
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Menagerie
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...
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A Bird In The Hand
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...
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Home Taping Is Killing Music
KVLR’s massive (four storey high) work for this past weekend’s Red Bull Music Academy live music festival, painted just prior to Culture Night Belfast 2014, shows a boy sitting serenely on a speaker...
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Wolf
The stained-glass style of ‘Wolf’ by James Earley of Dublin, for Culture Night Belfast 2014, is perhaps due to the influence of the family business in ecclesiastical art (inputout.com). Wide shot of...
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The Phantom Queen
The Morrígan (the phantom queen or the great queen) is a character from Irish mythology, appearing prominently in the story of Cú Chulainn. She takes various forms – crow, cow, wolf, eel, as shown on...
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Bellaire Hair & Beauty
Here is Faigy’s (Fb | Tw) finished piece, begun for CNB 2014, in William Street, just round the corner from Bellaire Hair & Beauty (Fb) in Royal Avenue (and opposite Hicks’ Lurid Wood from last...
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Art Is A Hammer With Which To Shape Reality
Arts For All (Fb | Web) is a community arts organization in north Belfast, sponsoring workshops and events, giving space to artists-in-residence, and putting on exhibits in its John Luke Gallery. The...
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Between The Crosses
This mural in Carrick has a 3D element: 312 wood poppies were hand-painted and attached to the wall, one for each local man who did not return. By artist Gary Orr. Full shot below. Click and click...
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Making Changes
The history of music is told (from right to left) in a new mural. The gramophone gives way to the cassette and then to the CD and finally the iPod, with a mic and speakers in the middle. The...
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Replicant Tears
Work by Dublin-based artist Novice (Jess Tobin (Fb)) for CNB15 in Belfast city centre. Like ADW’s Born To Create mural, it was graffitied soon after being painted – see the final image, below. Click...
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Pristine Wilderness
Work by This Is Filth (Fb) in the city centre shows an idyllic scene: a campfire burning beneath a crescent moon over the mountains. Replaces: Chips & Ketchup Click and click again to enlarge (to...
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Robots In Disguise
Transformer Megatron is powerless to stop these pigeons from eating up scraps of bread thrown to them on North Street. Work by KrikSix (web) for CNB15. Replaces Verz’s Psychedelic Dog. Click and click...
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We Bleed That The Nation May Live
Arrayed against the forces of the British Army (which are shown in armoured cars and in sniping positions in the foreground of the mural, along the whole length of the wall) are various symbols of...
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Liú Lúnasa
Liú Lúnasa is an Irish language festival, held this year on 24-28 August. The mural above shows rocks taken from the wall separating Palestine and Israel being used to build a gaelscoil (an...
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Fun…damental Rights
Paris street artist KASHINK was in Belfast for Culture Night 2016, working on the fencing in Union Street behind the Sunflower. According to this article, she paints “hairy four-eyed men to examine...
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Seeing Things
A pair of 3-dimensional hands by Emic (Fb | Web |Tw) in Kent Street for 2016’s Culture Night Belfast. Glasses are available in the Sunflower bar across the street. Below is a shot of Eoin at work on...
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Hidden Gem
Here’s INKIE’s (WP | Fb | Web) contribution to this years’ Culture Night Belfast/Hit The North. It is tucked in behind the Arts Resource Centre in Commercial Court. Click and click again to enlarge...
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Our Heritage In Your Hands
The Ulster Tower at Thiepval, France, is a replica of Helen’s Tower in Clandeboye, around which the 36th (Ulster) Brigade, formed in August 1914 from the Ulster Volunteers and Young Citizen...
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Ruling By Fooling
The line “Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art – with great Irish fools to practice on” comes from a piece by a James Connolly article in The Irish Worker in 1914. It is used here in the...
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