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The writings on the wall…

Posted in Dublin History, Photography, Social History, Street Art, tagged , , , , , , , on November 1, 2012| 10 Comments »

“The delights a stroll around Dublin can bring you. I’ve always carried my camera around with me, but have only recently started to take it out and not give a shite that I look like a tourist.”

If you like graffiti, and well, taking pictures of graffiti like us, there are some hidden gems around Dublin. The Tivoli Carpark is one that we generally return to, as the annual Jam there always provides… Below is another, the lane behind the Bernard Shaw, Richmond Street. I’ve only put up nine snaps, I could have taken a hell of a lot more but this post would have been very long if I did… I’ll have another photo piece in a couple of days from another spot just around the corner that’s worth checking out. Click “continue reading” to see the full post…

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A few quick snaps

Posted in Miscellaneous, Photography, Street Art, tagged , , , , , , on August 28, 2012| 14 Comments »

“The delights a stroll around Dublin can bring you. I’ve always carried my camera around with me, but have only recently started to take it out and not give a shite that I look like a tourist.”

Someone said of the last bunch of photo’s I stuck up that Dublin is starting to look like a proper shithole… Its not- its really not, its just that for whatever reason, I like taking pictures of graffiti, rundown buildings and, well, real Dublin. For any piece of eight or ten images, its possible to have taken fifty or sixty shots on my not very fancy camera. Subsequently, I have hundreds of shots of birds, trees, sunshine and flowers. But I still prefer the grittier side of things!

The Seahorses of Grattan Bridge. JayCarax has done some great work on the history of the Grattan statue on College Green. The  statue is, of course, surrounded by lamps bearing ornate seahorses. Grattan Bridge bears the same idols on its lamps.

I’ve recently moved gaff, so my cycle to work takes me down along the canal, from Rathmines to Inchicore. For three months, I’ve been cycling past this spot and never noticed this piece on the side of the bridge at Herberton Road until this week. The work of Solus, I think its a belter!

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Remembering Anne Devlin.

Posted in Dublin History, Street Art on July 20, 2012| 3 Comments »

The arrest of Ann Devlin (Posted by ‘Glasnevin Museum’)

Anne Devlin, housekeeper and close friend of Robert Emmet, was commemorated yesterday with the painting of a mural in the Liberties area by Dublin street artist Maser. We interviewed Maser here on the site in January, and were lucky enough to get some great shots of him painting this fine tribute to an often forgotten republican, who refused to speak or inform on others despite torture and ill-treatment.

Cheers to Maser as ever for his support of the blog and allowing us to get these snaps of a work in progress, and cheers to Luke Fallon for taking the pictures.

The finished mural can be seen over on the Liberties Festival Facebook page.

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Multiple times better than the Youth Defence ads on the Dart….

Posted in Street Art on June 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Great lighthearted stuff by street artist Canvaz on the Dart. In the past we featured the political dart-jamming of the Elephant in the Room project. All images originally posted by Canvaz.

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Arrah Come Here To Me!

Posted in Miscellaneous, Social History, Street Art, Uncategorized on June 25, 2012| 1 Comment »

Hopefully the first of many this, from the very excellent Paul Duffy, one of the illustrators who is helping us out with the CHTM! book.  All this as well as being the drummer for Dublin hardcore band 20 Bulls Each. You can find more of his artwork at Duffy’s Dastardly Doodles. What a man.

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I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.

Posted in Street Art on June 25, 2012| 2 Comments »

Recently, my brother was passing through town armed with a camera. By chance, he bumped into an artist at work on one of the many traffic light boxes that dot the city. As part of Dublin City Council Beta Project for the city, once boring grey boxes are coming to life.

Thanks to Luke for capturing these images of street artist ADW at work, including a look into his fantastic sketchbook. does that doodle look familiar? We’ve featured the finished project here before, a great tribute to the legendary Gil Scott Heron.

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Connolly Was There

Posted in Dublin History, Street Art on June 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A fantastic image just posted by Dublin street artist Maser, showing the Edinburgh born labour leader James Connolly. Our interview with Maser back in January can be read here.

There is a wealth of history in this city and country that can supply an extensive body of visual work for any artist. There are still a lot of people, places and situations I need to paint and talk about.

Connolly featured also in Maser’s colloborative exhibition effort back in 2010 with Damien Dempsey, entitled They Are Us.

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A few quick photos from the Tivoli Jam

Posted in Dublin History, Street Art on May 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Well done to all at All City for putting on another fantastic day out in the car park of the Tivoli Theatre. The usual mix of street art, music and BMX demos made it a pretty memorable day, and the rappers Costello and G.I from Street Literature were a personal highlight. They’re always a treat to watch.

The old meets the new.

….for more than a day a year.

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A few quick snaps

Posted in Photography, Street Art, tagged , , , on May 12, 2012| 23 Comments »

“The delights a stroll around Dublin can bring you. I’ve always carried my camera around with me, but have only recently started to take it out and not give a shite that I look like a tourist.”

Sometimes I even post the resulting photographs up here. Below are the fruits of this weeks labours…

Anyone who can tell me where the above is, I’ll buy you a pint. Below, the Castle Hotel on Great Denmark Street.

Below is a selection of graffiti from Rutland Place, a street in Dublin I’d never been down prior today… Bizaarely enough, you think you know the city inside out and then somewhere new suprises you. Pics read left to right, a good 30 foot of tags.

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Conor Harrington in Inchicore.

Posted in Street Art on April 26, 2012| 1 Comment »

Via 'A Visual Feast'

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It’s fantastic to see an artist like Conor Harrington, who has brought so much colour to the walls of the city centre, move out a bit and into new territory in the capital. This piece in Inchicore is fantastic, all the moreso due to being out on its own in ways.

‘Black Herds of the Rain’, a short film documenting some work Conor did in Summer 2011, is essential viewing if you haven’t seen it.

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Montana Cans post on Maser in America.

Posted in Miscellaneous, Street Art on April 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

There’s a great photo-post on the Montana Cans blog about Maser heading to America recently, to paint a piece centered around Irish America. A collaboration of minds with Jim Fitzpatrick and Damien Dempsey, the piece featured in The Irish Times back in March.

We’ve previously interviewed Maser here ourselves, in which we talked primarily about the city of Dublin and its influence on his work.

The more I learn the more I realise how much more I want to know.

There is a wealth of history in this city and country that can supply an extensive body of visual work for any artist. There are still a lot of people, places and situations I need to paint and talk about.

The photo post on Maser in the U.S is more than worth a look. Eoin Murphy took the photographs, and they offer great insight into how a piece goes from stage 1 to completion. Enjoy.

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A Return to the Tivoli Carpark

Posted in Photography, Street Art, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 2, 2012| 8 Comments »

Its a scary thought,  but its almost two years since I went down to the Tivoli Theatre carpark to check out the art on display. I ventured down during the week to have another look and wasn’t disappointed. The results of the annual All City Easter Jam, and its coming up to that time of year again. Details of the event can be found here and the Facebook event is here.

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