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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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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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 the whole below.
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Inkie (Tom Bingle WP | Fb | Web) did five pieces for CNB 2014. Two of these have been featured previously – Boogie Down Belfast | Sleep Sweetly – and the other three are shown here, including two sigs in different styles. All three are in (upper) North Street.
Previously, from CNB13: Lost Soul
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Here is Inkie’s new piece on the side wall of the butcher’s in Gresham Street, done for Culture Night Belfast, 2014. It includes a shout-out to the Loko skate-shop, just across the street. There’s a close-up of the work below.
See also last year’s Lost Soul.
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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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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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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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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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Writing by Neequaye Dreph (web) in Union Street for CNB14.
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