Street art on the peace line at Cupar Way (Visual History) by Eoin O’Connor at artbyeoin.com. (On the other side of the fence we have Bombay St.)
Like the girl with the flaxen hair, it is written all over by every tourist who comes here in a black taxi or tourist bus.
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Here’s a mural by Friz (who was featured painting in east Belfast), on the Cupar Way peace line. This mural went up earlier this (2012) summer, but it is already covered in signatures and messages from tourists, who are encouraged to write on (some of?) the pieces on Cupar Way. There’s a “clean” version on Friz’s own blog.
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Writing in College Court, Belfast, perhaps referencing the OPM song of 2000.
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“Copyright is for losers © TM – Banksy”. A “Banksy”, about Banksy, in Bundoran.
The statement on the left appears on the printer’s page inside the cover of Wall And Piece, but is immediately followed by “Against his better judgment, Banksy has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 …”!
For Banksy, see banksy.co.uk, WP.
Related: (the real) Banksy’s Olympics works, Hackney Welcomes the Olympics and Going For Mould.
See also: Belfast Banksy
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According to the IMDb page about The Big Lebowski, “the dude abides” is a reference to Ecclesiastes 1:4: “One generation passes away, and another generation comes, but the Earth abides forever.”
Graffiti-art in Great Victoria Street, Belfast city centre
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Graffiti art by TMN in Garfield Street. The Adidas ‘trefoil’ logo dates back to 1972. “All in” is the brand’s 2011 slogan.
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This is an end-of-life shot of the mural at the pedestrian entrance to the New Lodge. In the front is a landscape scene with “Welcome” in different languages; in the rear are street art figures and signatures; but graffiti covers all.
(Update: It was replaced in 2014 – both front and rear – by ‘old New Lodge’ images.)
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This piece of wild-style writing by RASER and AKEN of TMN krew (which replaces last year’s eagle) is remarkable for its location, which is on the Falls Road just past the Falls/Glen roundabout (site of the former RUC barracks). As such, it is (still) the only piece of non-sectarian art in a CNR area. This wall is presumably painted with the permission (and perhaps at the invitation of) the owners of the salon.
Glen Parade, west Belfast
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A new gate has been installed in the Alexandra Park “peace” line, first erected in 1994, in order to separate the loyalist Mountcollyer and republican Newington neighbourhoods. It will be open during the day for a trial period of three months (BBC).
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