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    image captionOn Thursday in Abidjan, the main city of Ivory Coast, a woman walks past a mural reminding residents to wear masks and stay safe.


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    As seen on the streets of Manchester: a street art guide


    Or, better, I should say as seen on the streets of the Northern Quarter, as almost all murals can be spotted in this neighbourhood. Once the centre of the cotton industry, nowadays Manchester’s Northern Quarter is the hipster heaven of the city, and the best place to find some great street art. The most spectacular large-scale murals in the area were painted during Cities of Hope, a street art festival highlighting social injustices while raising money for Manchester charities.
    Each of the nine artists who were invited to take part in the street art festival has chosen a social topic to highlight and, therefore, was matched with a local organization to champion their work.




    Well known for his portraits showcasing some of film and TV’s most famous faces, Akse is a French street artist based in Manchester. He painted a portrait of David Bowie as part of the Out House Project, an outdoor project space for public art on a block of disused public toilets in Stevenson Square.
    Stevenson Square

    Still by Akse, is this photo-realistic graffiti portrait of Prince:
    Tib Street

    Axel Void (ES)
    To develop the topic of “existentialism” for the Cities of Hope festival, Axel Void matched with charities working with people with mental health and anxiety issues. This work is titled “Sisyphus”, and it is inspired by Camus’ interpretation of the ancient Greek myth, where Sisyphus’ continual repetition of the punishment that Zeus had inflicted him is related to the human condition in the absurd search for meaning. This large-scale mural depicts a girl, whose smile is forced by someone else, as a metaphor of our search for happiness.
    Oldham Road

    Still by Axel Void is this wall made as a reaction to the painting over of Norwegian artist Martin Whatson’s piece during the Cities of Hope festival:


    Read my interview with Axel Void at Nuart 2016!
    C215 (FR)
    Christian Guémy’s social justice issue at Cities of Hope was homelessness, a topic that is not unusual in his production. The portraits that C215 painted during the festival are both based on photos of homeless people around the world by the Manchester-born photographer Lee Jeffries.
    Tariff Street

    Warwick Street

    Beside these two large-scale pieces realized for the City of Hope conference, C215 left other smaller close-up portraits around Manchester; here are the ones I stumbled upon:

    Case (DE)
    At the Cities of Hope festival, Case’s social issue was disability, more specifically mental health. He worked with the charity “Back on track” and painted a hyper-realistic portrait of one of the people they support in making positive changes in their lives.
    Cable Street (Swan building)

    Chekos (IT)
    This in the only Italian street artist that I’ve found in Manchester! This mural was painted in collaboration with PrintmySoul; it is titled “Lost Border” and it depicts the director David Lynch.
    Port Street (car park)

    Dale Grimshaw (UK)
    Dale took part to Cities of Hope as a special guest. Here he realized one of his iconic, tribal portraits, which is dedicated to those fighting for independence in West Papua.
    Spear Street

    Ema (FR)
    Florence Blanchard painted a long mural characterized by her iconic geometric patterns and curvy shapes. Ema’s abstract style is directly inspired by her training as a scientist and depicts molecular landscapes questioning our idea of visual perception. This mural left me with a floating sensation as if I were moving through the sea.
    Tariff Street

    Faith47 (SA)
    For Cities of Hopes, Faith 47 chose to support gay rights by painting two men kissing. This mural perfectly fits her latest personal project, whose title (7.83 HZ) is inspired by the frequence of the inaudible atmospheric heartbeats of the Earth. This project is about the overall reverberation of our collective actions as human beings, and it is made up of moments of raw intimacy on walls, instants of connection between us such as this kiss.
    Great Ancoats Street

    Faunagraphic (UK)
    This piece was commissioned in 2011 by Converse as part of the Wall to Wall project. Sarah Yates is an illustrator focusing on topics of environmental awareness. She is well known for mixing graffiti with graphic design and taking inspiration from nature, especially from birds, which are her favourite subjects, as we can see in this large-scale mural depicting a large blue tit.
    Port Street

    Hyuro (AR)
    Still part of the Cities of Hope festival is this mural by Hyuro, whose social justice issue was “war children”. This intimate work shows how the artist is currently exploring a new imaginative universe, which expands beyond the social issues connected with being a woman, the topic she worked through in the past years. This wall is aimed at giving voice to the lost innocence of all children who are unable to live the childhood they deserve. I couldn’t help appreciating that, while Hyuro’s style is becoming more detailed, her surrealist sensibility is still at the core of each and every piece.
    Brightwell Walk (car park)

    Martin Whatson (NO)
    For Cities of Hope, the Norwegian street artist brings up environmental issues by painting one of his unique and very recognizable murals that mix grey monochromatic characters done with stencils and bright coloured graffiti. Here, he gives context to a chaos of tags spray painted in many different shades of green by adding a stenciled man who is drawing the leaves onto a tree.

    Mateus Bailon (BR)
    His artworks are inspired by nature, animals, and the connection between human being and nature. His artistic imaginary is inhabited by fantastic creatures, especially birds, such as in “The Guardian of Ancoats”, the mural at the entrance of this former industrial neighbourhood that borders with the Northern Quarter.
    Gun Street

    Still by Mateus Bailon is this other vibrant large-scale mural depicting colourful and incredibly detailed birds:
    Port Street (car park)

    Nevercrew (CH)
    At Cities of Hope, the street art duo highlighted immigration and integration by painting a huge quartz that little featureless people are trying to climb. The quartz is a metaphor of how often the central aspect of something isn’t immediately visible. Like a simultaneous vision, quartz’s twofold nature shows us the difficult conditions experienced by refugees. Through their unique, surreal imaginary the artists encourage us to think about boundaries, which can be physical as well as emotional.
    Tariff Street


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    This work of art has recently been completed in the Northern Quarter of Manchester..

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    Snapped this yesterday..
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    ^ Who is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    ^ Who is it?

    Look at the New Brighton mural which recognises RNLI volunteer

    09/09/2020


    The latest piece of street art in New Brighton pays tribute to volunteer crew member Mike Jones who was recognised today for his 40 years service with the RNLI in the form of a giant mural.

    Look at the New Brighton mural which recognises RNLI volunteer - The Guide Liverpool

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Snapped this yesterday..
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    That's tremendous.

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    ^Indeedio, a great tribute.

    A local artist has been transforming these road side eyesores....
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    Some interesting corporate street art and random other art work captured by yours truly this evening with a few drinks thrown into the mix..

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    Fine place to place a toilet..

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    The backstreets in the Northern quarter are full of artwork..

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    Another pint...
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    Find da fish...
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    Informative info..

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    Another pint..

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    Me buddies, singing in the rain...
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    Spot the art..

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    Oh yeah..
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    Old vs new..

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    Corporate graffiti..

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    That's all for now folks
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    australian grain silo art
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    Making people dance. :-)
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    A band called the 'Blue Rinse Grannies' used to open for a band I was in, around our late teens/uni. On the piss with a forum member Robitussin 10+ years ago, turned out he was their drummer. Small world.

    Good to see they shortened their name and opened a shop instead of banging out their punk/glam-rock racket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    A band called the 'Blue Rinse Grannies' used to open for a band I was in, around our late teens/uni. On the piss with a forum member Robitussin 10+ years ago, turned out he was their drummer. Small world.

    Good to see they shortened their name and opened a shop instead of banging out their punk/glam-rock racket.
    Funnily enough, I was in this Crazy Pedro's place a few weeks ago on the Bank Holiday Monday when we played Brentford (in shot behind the blue rinse brigade). Really good pizza, but they served the beer in plastic glasses and only one size (just over half a pint).

    It's that sort of stuff that puts you off going back. Just why?!??!?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Just why?!??!?!?
    Coz Utd supporters cant be trusted with real glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Coz Utd supporters cant be trusted with real glass
    The temptation has been to take it to our wrists this season...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Me buddies, singing in the rain...
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    Your mate looks like Sean Bean.

    That's a pretty girl on the left... what's she doing in July mate?


    Anyway, some street art in Korat central. I wonder why the Thais do graffiti in English?


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    Making people dance. :-)
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    ^ Could be the Khorat based foreign pensioner gangs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    Anyway, some street art in Korat central. I wonder why the Thais do graffiti in English?
    Why do expats get thai tattoos?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    That's a pretty girl on the left... what's she doing in July mate?


    Hopefully bouncing on my trampoline, the one on the right is actually hotter but taken for now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    ^ Could be the Khorat based foreign pensioner gangs.
    Dodgy lot!

    Tagging up the area, next thing they'll be chucking sandals over telephone lines to mark out their postcodes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    Why do expats get thai tattoos?
    I saw some pics on social media last week of a Western lad that went to get a big มวยไทย (Muay Thai - Thai boxing, for you illiterate luddites) tattooed along the back of his forearm, but the comedian tattoo artist instead wrote ฆวยไทย

    ฆวย means dick/penis.

    He now has 'Thai penis' on his arm in 4 inch letters.

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    ^ Should have done it in 2 inch letters to be more authentic.


    I would imagine.

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    In the latter pages there is a fine line between art and graffiti.

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