When murals die....

[fogbat]

There's a beautiful mural on Goose Green, in East Dulwich, inspired by William Blake's vision of angels on the nearby Peckham Rye Park:

Then the council painted over the bottom of it:

And they left it like that for months.

They gave various explanations, mostly contradicting each other.

It's finally been repainted - it's an improvement on the godawful blue strip, but not half as good as it was

I do like the tiger, though

 

[spanglechick]

It's been a while since I've been down to Ladbroke grove but I think I have a vague recollection of it. Any more murals you can think of let me know.

There's a beautiful mural on Goose Green, in East Dulwich, inspired by William Blake's vision of angels on the nearby Peckham Rye Park:

Then the council painted over the bottom of it:

And they left it like that for months.

They gave various explanations, mostly contradicting each other.

It's finally been repainted - it's an improvement on the godawful blue strip, but not half as good as it was

I do like the tiger, though

was going to mention this one. that last picture is an artists' impression, though, no?

 

[temper_tantrum]

I was just going to ask about the Goose Green mural. It looked a state last time I saw it. Why can't they just re-paint what was there before, rather than something new?!


Edited: Also I heard the Jimi Hendrix mural by Brockley train station was recently painted over with black paint.

 

[fogbat]

was going to mention this one. that last picture is an artists' impression, though, no?

Ah - it could be.

I struggled to find a picture of it post-repaint.

Did cycle past it the other day, and can't remember there being a tiger, come to think of it

That infinity loop thing with the text about the joys of childhood is definitely there.

 

[boohoo]

Problem is there generally i little interest all protection of these works of art... yet, they can serve a purpose, many were painted with local people and children. And well, an art teacher could show kids the different works and what they think of them. They don't need to be redundant and out of date.

 

[fogbat]

Problem is there generally i little interest all protection of these works of art... yet, they can serve a purpose, many were painted with local people and children. And well, an art teacher could show kids the different works and what they think of them. They don't need to be redundant and out of date.

According to the East Dulwich Forum (and christ, I want to scrub myself with bleach after reading it) the council is looking at putting some sort of protective layer over the one I posted above.

Whether anything'll actually happen is obviously another story.

 

[boohoo]

In the past I think the councils and other organisations were up for funding this kind of thing. And instead of keeping them in good nick for future enjoyment, they have let them rot. A lot of money spent to create public art that the council stop caring about. Quite a lot of the original artists are up for restoring them but they are often told to raise their own funds for them...