Bogside artists, untitled, The Peoples gallery, 2014, unknown, bogsideartists.com, 1 January 2005. (citing for all three pictures They are all from the same source.)
I chose the Bogside Artists: composed of Tom Kelly, his brother William, and Kevin Hasson. Now I initially choose the Bogside artists because I thought their name was kind of comical, and I love Ireland accents. I know...how immature of me. Their name may be comical but their artwork is genius. These three men are famous for painting twelve murals(fancy name for street art) that came to be known as The People's Gallery. They are placed in Rossville Street, specifically the Bogside area.
The internet is to street art what salt was to people of ancient times, a means of preservation, and even more. Without the internet, street art probably wouldn't have been as successful as it is. Unlike the world's more traditional art forms, street art has a very short life span due to its lack of popularity to some people and neighborhoods. With the help of the internet this all changed. With the help of the internet street art becomes immortal...that is until you don't pay the internet bill of course haha.
I found my street art on the Bogside artists official site, and I chose the street arts because they have a lot of history behind them. These paintings aren't called The People's Gallery for no reason. They uphold the spirits of the people in the Bogside area. These paintings represent past events of the peoples life and the Bogside artists are making sure that this history won’t be forgotten anytime soon.
Street art is hard to define because it is so many things in one. To me street art is any art or painting that you won't find in fancy museums being critiqued by fancy critics. Street art is defiant, it provokes deep thought, and it will not be silenced.
