The seemingly constant presence of Irony in the West of England at the moment prompted me to dive into my archive to find a London piece by the artist that I have until right now not published before. I wish I had more time to post from my archives, because there are so many gems there that deserve to be on this blog, but alas I might have to wait until my retirement to find the time.
This classic Irony mural, photographed in November 2017, is a portrait of a woman sprayed with immaculate control and filled with incredible detail and interest. The thing I return to again and again when I see this piece is the slightly ill-fitting magenta-tinted glasses, which draw you in to take a closer look.
As I said on my post yesterday, featuring the Weston-super-Mare cockerel, Irony is a genius. There is little more to be said (genius is a word I rarely use, and so it is written with a genuine belief that Irony fits into that category).
I think it’s still there. I’m sure it was when I was last there in August
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That is good to know
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Bearing in mind the location, could that be a portrait of Amy Winehouse, or is my imagination working overtime?
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I know what you mean. I think it is simply a portrait of a resident https://londoncallingblog.net/2015/06/10/new-irony-mural-in-camden-town/
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This sentence intrigues me though “on this occasion a resident of Camden and was painted as a gift to another well known Camden resident.”
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Me too, I wonder what is going on there. All rather cryptic if you ask me.
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Looks fantastic, well worth going back to. Thanks again for sharing.
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I like unearthing pictures from the archive.
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It’s beautifully painted, but it is the sheer size of it that I find amazing! 🙂
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It is a very large portrait.
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😀
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Genius is indeed a very apt word to describe the humblest of street artists . . .
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