Here are two pieces of animal-themed art on the shutters of businesses on the Newtownards Road: above, an elephant at Tete Wyn (African store); below, a stag at Pixie Dust (holistic store) by HMC (web).
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Here is a small gallery of commercial streetart on the shutters of shops along Broughshane Street, Ballymena.
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Here are the painted shutters of ten different businesses along Main Street in Crumlin, Co. Antrim. The Crumlin Youth mural is on Glenavy Road – it is presumably by Blaze FX (Fb) who also did the interlocking rings for Stylus Engraving.
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If you act the bollix at the Dark Horse or Duke Of York, one of the bouncers in black might let you know that you have to go. No one is exceptional – above (and on the far right of the piece as a whole), owner Willie Jack (and his MBE medal – Independent) are sent flying. The large piece showing actual bouncers (Belfast Live) is by Ciaran Gallagher (web), adding to his many installations in the courtyard of the Dark Horse – see The Undertones for links.
Below are three humorous signs for the crapper/toilets/bogs – for when you have to go.
For the musicians, see The Musicians.
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The plaque above – “Ormeau Road in memory [of] Fergie” – is now somewhat incongruously above painted signage for a coffee-and-donuts shop (Bunelos | web) on the Ormeau Road, a commercial road which is also at the edge of the Ballynafeigh neighbourhood.
“Fergie” is perhaps Iain Ferguson, who died in 2021 (Belvoir & Ballynafeigh UPRG on Fb) and is remembered in a tarp on the side of the flats in Belvoir, shown below. (UPRG is affiliated with the UDA – hence the red hand and the six-pointed star in the plaque, alongside the flowers of the four nations – rose, shamrock, daffodil, thistle – and orange lily.)
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This large parrot was painted by artist Visual Waste (ig) on the side-wall of the Ava wine-bar in Bangor to match the theme of its cocktail lounge.
The connection, if any, to the Dali-esque clock-face below the parrot is unclear.
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Work by David McMillan (ig) in the Bullitt hotel alley-way, replacing JMK’s Étaín.
See also: Rob Hilken’s circles on the Church Lane frontage.
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