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Thread #44878   Message #662211
Posted By: GUEST,coyote breath - sometimes a guest
03-Mar-02 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: Pictures of Ulster
Subject: RE: Pictures of Ulster
I am grateful to LJC for the link. I have seen other murals. The main diffrences I see are these: The loyalist murals seem to convey a feeling of "we won!" and the republican murals seem to answer: "yeah, through institutionalized injustice!" There are many murals in republican areas though, some of which speak to injustice in places other than the North. I especially like the very well designed and stunningly executed mural that asks support for Leonard Peltier and AIM. Wouldn't it be great if we could do a "Mural Tour" and appreciate them for their art and consider the politics only from it's influence on the artists? I've always appreciated "engaged art" even when I disagreed with who did it and who it was done for.

CB