BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland

Subject: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 12:34 PM

I found a website showing the political wall art on houses in northern ireland, but stupidly forgot to save it, anyone know it?

if anyone is not sure waht i'm on about, there are some good wall paintings, [taking up full walls] on houses in northern ireland,
this is not graffitti, it is very well done art.

note, i don't want to start a discussion or argument about the issues, or take sides in any way, i'm just interested in this art,

is there a special name for it?
Billy Conolly mentioned it and showed some of it, on his tv series, wehn he went there on his motorbike.

Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 12:39 PM

Murals. There are books about it too.

Mural painting isn't just an Irish phenomenon. It's also very popular in Latin American countries and communities.

Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 12:42 PM

Sorry, meant to provide the link too. I just googled "political murals + northern ireland" and got this as the first hit:

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/murals/

Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 12:53 PM

Thanks Guest, thats not the site i found but it's even better!
If you click on Mural Directory it gives details of all of them, the site i saw only showed a few, [about a dozen].
Thanks again.john

Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 01:10 PM

My pleasure, Sir.

Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 09 Nov 04 - 08:04 PM

I always was in awe of the scale of those NI murals. I love to paint big. I remember seeing TV footage of the peace ones...with rainbows and doves etc. They looked so bright in otherwise grey streets.

There's a good one in S.London....by an Argentinian artist called Patricio Groce Forrester. It is both simple and effective. He lives here now and studied art at the college local to his mural.

I have tried my very best to make a blue link...but have no faith in my ability. If it has worked it is here...

His 'n' Her's.