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09 Nov 04 - 12:34 PM (#1321577) Subject: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull 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. |
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09 Nov 04 - 12:39 PM (#1321580) Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: GUEST 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. |
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09 Nov 04 - 12:42 PM (#1321596) Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: GUEST 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/ |
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09 Nov 04 - 12:53 PM (#1321607) Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull 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 |
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09 Nov 04 - 01:10 PM (#1321632) Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: GUEST My pleasure, Sir. |
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09 Nov 04 - 08:04 PM (#1322061) Subject: RE: BS: Wall Art in Northern Ireland From: GUEST,milk monitor 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. |