CONOR HARRINGTON IN LONDON

Conor Harrington in London

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NEW FROM CONOR HARRINGTON

A third wall from Conor Harringington in Ennis Ireland.

NEW FROM CONOR HARRINGTON

FROM CONOR HARRINGTON

I’m home in Ireland for 10 days painting a few walls and making another short film with Monsieur Andy Telling. Its a lil different this time, no soldiers or colonial garb. I decided to do a project a little more relevant to what’s going on in Ireland at the moment. For those that aren’t aware, Ireland is balls deep in a recession thanks to the Holy Trinity of Irish corruption – the politicians, bankers and developers.


I’ve always thought that we have a certain cowboy mentality in Ireland, maybe because we’re on the wild west of Europe or maybe because of our strong links to America over the centuries and I think its that cavalier bandit attitude that got us in so much trouble.


So I decided to paint cowboys. It ties in with my usual blurb about masculinity (blah blah blah) but I particularly like this image of the rodeo rider being thrown off his bull. In his 1936 poem ‘The Lost Heifer’, Austin Clarke refers to the Irish struggle for Independence as being like a cow wandering in the rain. So for this set of pieces I like the idea of the bull in all its wild and beastly glory representing the new Ireland while the cowboy represents the politicians who lost control of the country.

CONOR HARRINGTON IN DUBLIN

Fresh new piece in Dublin from Conor Harrington courtesy of anewspace gallery. Looks huge.

CONOR HARRINGTON IN PORTUGAL

It's not so often we see new street work from Conor but when we do we're consistently blown away with the technique and execution. Two terrific pieces, the first one being a collaboration with Vhils.

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CONOR HARRINGTON VIDEO

Crossing Lines from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.

Crossing Lines is a short film that documents Irish artist Conor Harrington trip to Tel Aviv, Israel and Bethleham, Palestine in May 2010.

A Telling Production Presents ’ Crossing Lines ‘

Camera, Edit & Score - Andrew Telling