Glen Molloy’s Jack Nicholson takes the place of Jonny McKerr’s Bacchus on the wall of Direct Wine Shipments in Corporation Street.
See the final entry in the series for an overview.
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A good or bad sign of things to come? Wild-style writing in McKibben’s Court, Belfast.
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“4 the fam”, that is, for the members of TMN: RASER, ANKO, CASP, MASH, BORE, NIKO, CISTO, AKEN, ZEL, RECK, DEX, JEST, from fellow-member NOTA. Replaces the TMN-painted Culture Blight.
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In addition to many paintings in a distinctive style, Belfast artist John Luke’s (one | two) work included a few murals, most famously an image of Belfast’s Charter painted in the City Hall. He lends his name to the gallery in north Belfast’s Arts For All centre which is now fronted by a mural in his style.
For the undead in the windows of the taxi office, see Haunted.
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A whitewashed panel in the style of a inverse Kazimir Malevich. The panel was painted in preparation for No Justice (Rosaleen & Mervyn Macdonald).
Today’s (two) posts are two in a (very infrequent) series of ‘accidental fine art’. See previously Composition With Orange, Bathroom Tile, And Dolphin Wallpaper | Composition With Electrical Cable And Shadow Of Power Line.
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emic’s (web) signature piece is the outstretched hand. This new version is surrounded by pro-gay-marriage slogans such as “support love” and “legalise love” and “love equality“.
Also by emic (formerly This Means Nothing): This Means Nothing | Lost In The Music | CameraMan | Through The Fog | Deconstructions | Through The Mists Of Time.
Replaces Elph’s Imaginarium in Garfield St.
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“Put a joint together!” – graffiti in Waterford Street. Also visible: GHQ.
Previously: The Seedy Side Of Town
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Poet Seamus Heaney died on this day 2013 and the gravestone erected in St Mary’s, Ballaghy, on the same day the following year. The epitaph is “Walk on air against your better judgement” from the poem ‘The Gravel Walks” in The Spirit Level.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Colonel Sanders makes an appearance in an inspirational poster in Garfield St. The connection to the colonel is perhaps that his idea for a fried chicken restaurant was turned down 300 times | Snopes. If you know better, please get in touch.
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Glasgow artist Conzo Throb (web | Fb) was back in Belfast for CNB16/HTN. The Avon name dates back to 1929 in New York and the company has sellers in more than 100 countries. Male sellers are uncommon but not unheard of – here’s a 2006 NYTimes profile of an ‘Avon Man’. Nonetheless, “Yer Da sells [the] Avon” is the ultimate Scots insult.
Previously by Conzo Throb: Fill Up On Colour | Let’s Melt
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