Blue Bird Fly

Just a quick post today. This is a nice, simple, colourful stencil near the North Cathedral.

I took this photo in September 2012.


 

Work at the Camden Palace Hotel - Part 2

To follow on from my previous post about good street art around the Camden Palace Hotel, I'll share photos of two pieces around the back of the place on Pine Street.

All these photos were taken by me in July 2012, and so far the pieces are still there!

They are side by side and are really striking, brilliantly done.


The piece on the left, the skull, is a collaborative work done by Psychonautes and Dusto. Psychonautes has the work posted on his Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychonautes/7385882728/



The piece on the right is a colourful martial arts dude by OneR. He has the piece posted on his Flickr page and there it's called "AfroSamurai": http://www.flickr.com/photos/44190989@N02/7605996762/in/photostream)






Gems on the Mardyke

I thought I'd share a few gems that can be seen on the Mardyke Walk near Fitzgerald's Park....
These photos were taken by me in September 2012.
























Speaking of Skulls....

I have a few minutes left, so I'll make a bonus posting.

Since I've been talking about Psychonautes and skulls in the last few posts, I thought I'd keep on that theme one more time and share a skull sticker by him that has been put up all around the city.

This particular example was in the Pine Street area. The photo was taken by me in September 2012.


 

Dark Thoughts

Following on from my last post, I thought I'd share some photos of the "Dark Thoughts" piece I mentioned there. It was located on a wall at Magic's Tattoo Studio on Robert Street, off Oliver Plunkett Street, in Cork.

This was a collaborative work between Psychonautes and another artist called Psyn RWK from New York.

The piece is posted on Psychonautes' Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychonautes/7716988422/in/photostream

These photos were taken by me in September 2012. "Dark Thoughts" has since been painted over.





 

 

 

Work at the Camden Palace Hotel - Part 1

There is some great urban art painted on walls at and near the Camden Palace Hotel on Camden Quay in Cork. Here, I'll look at two pieces painted on the front of the building. I'll cover some of the other pieces another time.

Below are two fantastic portraits. The first is by Psychonautes. I've seen a lot of his stuff around town and really like his style. I know this piece is called "Mode2" as Psychonautes has a picture of it posted on his Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychonautes/7716950062/in/photostream
 

The second piece just has a small skull and crossbones painted beside it (pictured below). A piece very similar to this one was painted on a wall at Magic's Tattoo Studio on Roberts Street, off Oliver Plunkett Street, in Cork. I know from info on Psychonautes' Flickr page that it was a collaboration between Psychonautes and another artist called Psyn RWK from New York:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychonautes/7716988422/in/photostream

If you look at the link, you'll see that it is the same picture with the addition of a skull in a thought bubble. I know the skull is a Psychonautes specialty, so the portrait part of the piece is by Psyn RWK. The Magics Tattoo version of this portrait is called "Dark Thoughts". I am not sure what the Camden Palace version is called.



The above photos were taken by me in August 2012. So far, these pieces are still "alive and well"....

While writing this entry, I realised that I did not take a general shot of the two pieces in situ on the front of the Camden Palace Hotel. Doh! However, I see that Psychonautes has posted one on his Flickr page that shows Psyn RWK working on his piece: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychonautes/7675316794/