Today is officially the last day to catch the Royal Ulster Academy Of Art’s Art In The City exhibition of paintings on wall around Belfast. Shown here is Neil Shawcross’s Willie James Hayes, The Strawman 1980 which is hanging in Gordon Street.
Previously: Dan Dowling’s Big Daddy’s Funeral
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Some asshole (her word, not ours) whitewashes a Rembrandt. Work by PANG (Fb | Web) for CNB16.
In the background on the right is part of KVLR’s CNB16 mural. See Up Under The Earth.
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Multi-storey street art by KVLR (Kev Largey) for Culture Night Belfast.
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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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Street art by English artist Dan Kitchener for CNB16. Streets are already blurry at night in the rain, but the title perhaps come from the fact that Dan started the mural at night right after flying in from London.
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“Get back to the old skool” – wild-style writing from members of TMN in North Street.
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“Remember With Pride” (with a poppy). Although the dates of his birth and death are given, Stevie “Top Gun” McKeag’s name appears only on the side-wall of this new mural in the Lower Shankill estate. McKeag was the top assassin in the UDA during the 1990s, claiming at least 12 victims. Both his WP page and this Guardian article describe his career and preeminent standing within the UDA.
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Dublin-based street artist Le Bas (web) was in Belfast for CNB/HTN. Here’s an interview with Le Bas about his process.
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Sea horses constitute the genus hippocampus, or horse sea-monster, so-called because they appear to be a hybrid of a horse’s upper body with the lower body of an fish or dolphin. The specimens shown in today’s three images are work by Emic (Fb | Web) – who also did We Borrow The Earth From Our Children — on ‘harbour promenade’ next to the Big Fish.
For one of the models (and more stunning sea horses), see #2 in this gallery of seahorses and seadragons.
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Writing by “Amanda” below the remains of Andy Council’s Belfast Phoenix. Previously by the same writer: Amanda Jayne.
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