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DAY 87 | ART AROUND THE WORLD |
If Walls Could Talk
THE POLITICAL MURALS OF NORTHERN IRELAND
Since the 1960s, artists from Northern Ireland have painted nearly 2,000 murals that depict a running social commentary and narrative of the people and events during “the Troubles,” the name given to the 30 years of violence and conflict between Northern Ireland’s nationalist, primarily Roman Catholic community and its unionist, principally Protestant community. Painting a wall with political slogans or images of local heroes could get you shot or ...
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