“Lost in the shadows of Belfast gone/Abandoned to descend/Its soul wilts, swept away/No one speaks this shame.”

Work by Faigy on the same North Street shutters as his previous The Darker Half Of The Year. These shop-fronts are still standing while many next to them have been torn down. Also still standing is Glen Molloy’s tribute to the Aboriginal poet Alice Eather (WP), shown below. The wall on the side of the buildings bears a large piece by Asbestos commenting on the intrusiveness of social media.

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Here are five in a row on Donegall Street, in Belfast city centre, plus one from the other side of the street. Above is a 2018 piece by Alice Pasquini called ‘Glide’. The others are by …
Bust (2022)
Glen Molloy (2017)
Glen Molloy (2020?)
Lobster Robin (2022)
StarFighterA (2015)

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Work by Spanish artist Sabek in Belfast city centre for Culture Night/Hit The North 2016.

For CNB15 he painted a spear and a snake. The piece is in Talbot Street next to Dan Kitchener’s Blurry Eyed.

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Street art by English artist Dan Kitchener for CNB16. Streets are already blurry at night in the rain, but the title perhaps come from the fact that Dan started the mural at night right after flying in from London.

The piece is in Talbot Street next to Sabek’s Conflict.

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On the left, singer Aretha Franklin is quoted as saying, “We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.”

Before he died (in 2005), Belfast-born soccer-player George Best (on the right) asked that people “remember me for my football” and the phrase became the title of a Best retrospective.

Glen Molly (ig) street art in Hill Street.

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Manchester’s Nomad Clan were in town for CNB17/HTN17 and painted the large wall outside the Dirty Onion in Hill Street, punning on local shipbuilders Harland & Wolff. There’s some video of the piece in progress in this CNN profile.

Hill Street, Belfast

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