Patrick Devlin mashes-up the scratched-up Mr. Lee (from Bruce Lee’s final movie, Enter The Dragon, 1973) with the jacket-and-tie style of early Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction). On the door of the Red Barn Gallery.
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Stencil street-art from Patrick Devlin outside the Red Barn Gallery in the city centre: a man in suit and tie is about to pull the pin on the grenade that is his head.
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Above is another Patrick Devlin stencil at the Red Barn Gallery. Extensive research has failed to reveal who/what the stencil is based on – some sort of nose-picking gorilla-monster in a cowl. Leave a comment or send an e-mail if you have an idea.
Previously by Devlin: Blowing My Mind | Attendez, Je Suis Charlie | Mr. Lee | The Passion
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A string of melted cheese from a pizza and the curve of the stem of a pipe together form an arc in this new work by Kev Largey (tw | Fb) on the rear fence of the Sunflower.
Also at the Sunflower: No Topless Bathing – Ulster Has Suffered Enough (includes Malarky street art) | Wolf (James Earley)| Sleep Sweetly (Inkie). KVLR also has a piece across the street: The Men Who Stare At Bikes
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A menacing sofa, or possibly the Titanic centre, lurches through the flames on the shutters of the re:store furniture shop, with LOFT upstairs.
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Spanish artist Marta Revillas (web | Fb) painted the remaining shutter on the Bigg Life Arts centre. Her piece depicts a bikini’ed woman with fox ears and tail astride a motorcycle with an extended fork. Launched 2014-09-26. For the other shutters, see Lost In The Music and Art Lab.
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Here’s Kilian Redmonk’s CNB14 piece in North Street. A cyan (and earless!) version of his CNB13 work shown in Redmonk Bluelips.
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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 image above is of the mural on the side of their own building on the York Road, painted in 2012 by JMK (Jonny McKerr) and DMC (Dermot McConaghy) – their signatures can be seen on the brickwork at the right. Arts For All were also one of the sponsors of the recent WWI mural by Jonny in Tigers Bay: The Home Front.
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Above is the current version, and below is the original version (done for CNB14), of Aoife & The Owl by JMK (Jonny McKerr – Fb).
Previously by JMK: The Look Of Love | The Belfast Blitz
Below is a wide shot of the four new CNB14/Hit The North pieces; in addition to this piece, they are (from left-to-right) Fill Up On Colour by Conzo Throb | Tony Alva Soul Sailor by Psychonautes | The Imaginarium by Elph; also new is the ‘banner’ above the writing, by DMC. At the extreme left (across the street) can be seen DMC’s Long Runs The Fox.
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