“Samhaın, when the veil [between the physical and spiritual worlds] is at its weakest”. Some spooky Halloween-themed street art by FA [Foreign Assassins] crew in Tullycarnet.
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Here is a gallery of images from the back (Westbourne Street side) of the Vault premises at the old Met building in east Belfast, mostly by emic (web) and FGB (web), with one by Leo Boyd (web)
FGB and emic
Leo Boyd
emic
FGB
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English artist Sophie Mess (ig) says that this variety of dahlia “represent[s] wealth, change and creativity, a fitting symbol for the [Ballymena] area’s history: rich farmland and mineral deposits meant the town was turned into a prosperous market town” (press-release from Mid- And East-Antrim council, which sponsored the work). Purple dahlias are also said to symbolise “grace, beauty, dignity, kindness” (Saffron Marigold) or royalty (Bouq’s). So, whatever you want, really.
Mess also painted flowers in Belfast for HTN 2022.
Wellington Court, Ballymena.
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Jack Nicholson and Noel Gallagher have disappeared from Glen Molloy’s (ig) Corporation Street gallery, replaced by Amy Winehouse (above), who died in 2011 (Guardian), and Terry Hall (below) of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, who died in December 2022 (BBC).
For Nicholson, see God Of Madness; for Gallagher and others, see Runner & Hunter On The Wild Frontier.
Update 2024-03: Carrie Fisher, in Princess Leia guise, is being added – see final images.
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“With growth comes transformation, with transformation comes change.” This is a 2012 piece – now much the worse for wear – by Chuck Hoffman (Genesis Art) and a team of five students from Kansas (including Sam Fine) in the Bridge End tunnel (east Belfast).
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There are now nine planters and ten bird boxes, with a backdrop of tropical plants and birds, at the junction of Downshire Place and Great Victoria Street (Linen Quarter BID).
Part of the ‘Great Expectations’ revitalisation of the area, including Linenopolis and the tribute to Terri Hooley and Good Vibrations.
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Or, The Weight Of Tears. French artist Paul Bloas (web) puts up large paste-ups in urban areas, now including Hamill Street, Belfast.
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Here is a gallery of the flowers painted last summer (2023-06) in the New Lodge, with some details and some new additions (as compared with New Lodge Gardens), including a pair of hands by emic (ig).
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Verz’s (ig) Hindu man was paint-bombed while it was in progress (Reddit | Xitter) and has been paint-bombed again since its completion. The mural is on the side of the Hospice Shop in Finaghy, with sponsorship from Arts Ekta (ig) “a social enterprise passionate about promoting cultural diversity” (web) who organise Belfast Mela. The vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime (Belfast Media).
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