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Re-Replaced

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2014-05-30 KevinLynch+

The images below (taken in January 2014) show part of the old Kevin Lynch mural revealed by the removal of the board that was part of the Marian Price mural. The new version of the Lynch mural – shown above – is almost identical to the previous one. It shows Lynch’s likeness framed by the red star and yellow background of the IRSP (Irish Republican Socialist Party) – see also the Mickey Devine mural in Mount Pottinger.

For background information on Lynch – INLA member and hunger-striker – see this entry featuring a Lynch mural in Dún Geımhın/Dungiven.

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Full-Bodied

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2014-05-29 BuckfastDog+

A dachshund looks quizzically at a bottle of buckie (Buckfast tonic wine – fortified to 15% alcohol) left on the wall. Street art by Verz (Fb | Web), officially entitled “Sausage”, on the wall outside the Crescent Arts Centre, just off University Road.

Another of Verz’s ‘Dogs On The Street’ series: Psychedelic Dog

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Take The Red Pill

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2014-05-19 RedPill+

Reality takes many forms when you participate in Belfast’s Red Pill Spoken Word Showcase. In this David McClelland (a.k.a. Tweet, davidcreative) piece in Garfield Street, the speaker tells a tale of a luchador (Mexican wrestler).

For another luchador, see this piece by Friz: Free For All

Replaces Make Art Not Bombs which replaced Tynee Bear which replaced Not Criminals Just Thugz

Here’s a terrific time-lapse video of the piece being created.

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Belfast Phoenix

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2014-05-17 DragonBuildings+

The North Street Arcade burned down in April 2004 and has remained boarded up ever since (NewsLetter). Bristol artist Andy Council has painted a ‘Belfast Phoenix’, on the North Street end of the arcade, comprised of buildings from the Cathedral Quarter and central Belfast. The buildings include Crumlin Road courthouse, the MAC, the Waterfront, the Bank Of Ireland building, the Albert Clock, the Ulster Hall, Belfast City Hall.

“Up In Smoke” is a 12 min montage of images related to the fire on youtube.

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Our Truth

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2014-05-17 BallymJustice+

The Gerry Adams “visionary” mural came down almost as quickly as it went up. Five days after release, Adams posted a thank-you to the artist on Twitter in which he also asked that it be replaced. The new mural returns to the issue that made headlines immediately before Adams’s arrest: the refusal of NI Secretary Theresa Villiers (depicted on the right) to order further investigation of the shooting deaths of 11 Ballymurphy residents – one for each cross shown – in 1971 (BelTel) and also the La Mon restaurant fire-bombing in which 12 people died (BelTel).

Previously: Time4Truth

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Women Too

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2014-05-12 WomenToo2+

The Windsor Women’s Centre in the Village area of south Belfast has been providing support services for women and families since 1990. This black and white but multicultural mural on the Kilburn Street side of the building by Joanne Vance includes images of women who use the centre.

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