There are eyes everywhere in west Belfast.
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The Belle Of Belfast
This Lesley Cherry mural in the Village area of Donegall Road shows a female figure sitting on a drum and holding one of the Harland & Wolff cranes in her hand.
Previously by Lesley Cherry: In The Crowd Of Thousands | Nothing About Us | I Am Not Resilient | Women’s Voices Matter | Only In The Movies | Coming Of Age In The Lower Shankill
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The Monster Mash
More Halloween-themed art today, this time by Rich T and 45RPM (ig), two artists from Bristol who were over in Belfast for CNB15. They have mashed together a wide variety of spooky and frightening imagery, from bats, chains, and a bloody axe to webs, skeletons, and claws! Two close-ups are included and a full shot, below.
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Duality
Here’s “Duality” by emic (Eoin McGinn Fb | web |Tw) in Belfast city centre – a young child with nose-ring and accompanying bird, mirrored in a prism of yellow light. For another emic bird, see We Borrow The Earth From Our Children.
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Cameron-Free Pork
“Our pork is 100% David Cameron free”. This chalk-board outside a butchers in Glengormley makes reference to the allegation that David Cameron came into intimate contact with a dead pig while at Oxford. Although the allegation hasn’t been substantiated, the affair has taken on a life of its own and is known as “piggate“.
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Jay Adams Soul Sailor
Cork-based Frenchman Psychonautes (Fb) continues his series of skateboarding legends. Last year fro CNB14 he did Tony Alva in Garfield Street and in Exchange Place this year he painted Jay Adams, one of Alva’s fellow ‘Z Boys’ who died of a heart attack last year at age 53. (WP)
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By Hand
Work by Dublin-based street artist Le Bas for CNB15 in Kent Street: a hand-drawn abstract, repeating design against a yellow background with jagged white lines over the top.
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Holding My Breath
Work by DMC (Dermot McConaghy Twitter | Instagram) at the harbour, an underwater version of the “Invertigo” piece he did the week before (with JMK (Twitter)) CNB15 in Lisburn.
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An Octopus’s Garden In The Shade
As a companion for Emic’s Laganside seahorses, here’s Friz’s (Web | Fb | Tw) bright red octopus, painted for last September’s Culture Night celebrations.
Also by Friz for CNB15: Galaxy Paws.
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We Borrow The Earth From Our Children
The environmentalist saying “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” is used by emic as the title of his work for CNB15/Belfast Almanac Environment conference. Here are two details, of a bee and (below) a hummingbird, and finally a full shot which shows a tree growing from the mind of a boy. The origins of the phrase are – fittingly – unknown. (QuoteInvestigator)
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