Bogside Artists
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The Bogside Artists are a trio of mural painters, living and working in Derry, Northern Ireland. They are Tom Kelly, his brother William Kelly, and their mutual friend Kevin Hasson. They have been working together since 1993. On July 31, 2004 they completed their People's Gallery, intended as a homage to the price local people paid in their struggle for human rights.
The People's Gallery consists of eleven large murals to date, spanning the entire length of Free Derry's Rossville Street, which runs through the very heart of the Bogside. It was in this area on 30 January 1972 that 13 civilians were killed by British Army paratroopers in the Bloody Sunday disturbances (an additional civilian died later). Many thousands of people flock each year to view the murals.
The Bogside Artists studio offers visitors an opportunity to see the work of, and speak to, those who have created the open-air mural gallery. The Bogside Artists conduct workshops and talks about the murals at their studio situated in the heart of the Bogside.
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Derry mural 3.jpg
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Derry mural 6.jpg
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Derry mural 7.jpg
The Saturday Matinee, The Rioter. |
Mural - Battle of the bogside 2004 SMC.jpg
Petrol Bomber, Battle of the Bogside. |
Bloody Sunday Mural Bogside 2004 SMC.jpg
Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972. |
Raymond Mc Cartney Mural SMC May 2007.jpg
Hunger Strike, Raymond McCartney. |
Bloody Sunday Commemoration SMC May 2007.jpg
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The Runner SMC May 2007.JPG
The Runner. |
Civil Rights Mural SMC May 2007.jpg
The Civil Rights Mural - The Beginning. |
TheDeathOfInnocenceMural.jpg
The Death of Innocence (July 31, 2007) |
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Westland Road in the Bogside, viewed from the city wall (July 31, 2007) |
