One of the first pieces I saw at Upfest 2016 was in the back garden area of The Steam Crane pub at the eastern end of North Street. These remarkable pigs are by brothers who paint under the name Id-Iom.
Their entry in the Upfest programme reads: “In a nutshell? Determined never again to suffer under the yoke of an oppressive employer, this is the ongoing tale of two brothers who are going to take the world by storm or die trying!”. Well you have to admire their ambition.
Id-Iom have a great WordPress site, and unlike many artists, they keep it very up to date and post their artworks regularly. Well worth a look. I can work out that they might originally be from the Isla of Man, but now operate out of London.
The pigs in this piece remind me of Animal Farm, but that is probably because it is a book that is very front of mind for me at the moment. It is a brilliantly stencilled wall and a piece that really set the standard for Upfest.
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Animal Farm were my thoughts too. 4 legs good et al. Perhaps Animal Farm is in the forefront because it describes the very real situation with the governments in many countries including the UK at the moment. This photo seems to sum up the UK since the depression in 2008.
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I read it recently for the first time in many years and it really resonates for me, and describes governments all around us, as you rightly say.
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I just heard on Amazon that it is one of the top sellers this year.
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I am not surprised. I bought mine in May at the airport on the way to the USA!
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Excellent mural! And so evocative of the “heartless populism” that is consuming so many!
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It is good, and I think I get the same feeling.
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Impressive, but not one I’d want to live next door to!
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I would agree with you.
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Spooky pigs– is those eyes. Strangely (or not) everyone around me is talking about Animal Fam. It describes the situation in the US.
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It is strange that it was written about communist Soviet Union, but it applies equally to the far right.
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