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  1. History

2002 Manchester games, building that couldm't be kncked down were covered in plastic sheeting to hide them. Glasgow took a different approach, if you can't demolish it, make it look nice.

  1. Strathclyde Wonderwall

Artists: Art Pistol with Rogue-One, Ejek | Year: 2014 Why: Celebrate 50 years of being a Uni plus 2014 games

The “Wonderwall” celebrates the people of the University of Strathclyde and their many significant achievements. Almost 200 metres long from start to finish and incorporating three 7- storey gables the project was completed by Art Pistol with Rogue-One and Ejek.

We also see the Dansken equatorial telescope featured, which was once used to teach nautical astronomy. And the Land-Ship was a mock up navigation bridge on the roof of the School of Navigation in the Royal College, used to teach the principles of compass adjustment.

  • George Street: Lady who created the Daleks, Verity Lambert, is depicated (Honorary degree)
  • Dansken equatorial telescope: Hosted in the 1920s at the uni. Top half is part of their space engineering research lab
  • Land-ship: Recreation of a 1913 photograph. Nautircal collage, it rotated with a Kelvin compass on top for practicing
  • Student: Photo, updated with current day students from around the world

More: https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/ourcampus/wonderwall/

  1. St Enoch

Artists: Smug (Austrialian, previously known for high octane graffiti, only uses spray cans, first ever commision was in Glasgow) | Year: 2018 Why: Brought back after the success of his other work

Smug has created another fantastic piece of work to complement the mature image of a modern day St Mungo on High St. The mural is a contemporary interpretation of the city's founding story; St Thenue/Enoch cradling her beloved St Kentigern/Mungo. Smug has managed to capture a level of tenderness and detail which epitomises his style.

  • Created with a cherry picker. His support around the stigma of breast feeding older children
  • St Enoch was a princess near Glasgow who had a baby with the son of the King of Lotian while he was married. She was thrown off a hill and took refuge in a monestary where Mungo was brought up.
  1. St Mungo

Artists: Smug | Year: 2016

At 25, Mungo began his missionary work on the banks of the River Clyde, near where he built his church which forms part of the Glasgow Cathedral.

In his early years, St Mungo is said to have restored life to the pet robin of St Serf - featured in the mural - which had had rocks thrown at it by some of his classmates in Culross.

  • Most photographed street art in the north of the UK (above Birmingham)
  1. Fellow Glasgow Residents

Artists: Smug | Year: 2013

  • all types of animals found in Glasgow’s parks and green space
  • Smug thinks if kids like things, adults will. Like Toy Story.
  1. Badminton

Artists: Guido Van Helten (Aussie - famours for painting grain silos) | Year: 2013 Why: 2014 games

  • One of many the artist did.
  • Action shots of Scotland player Kieran Merrilees and conveys the speed of the game, as well as the athleticism required to succeed in such a competitive sport.
  1. Spaceman

Artists: Ali & Amy Wylie, Recoat | Year: 2014 Why: 2014 games

  • Graphic novel pop art style
  • Couple run a gallery called Recoat. Came out of skateboard culture in Kelvingrove skate park
  1. "Portrait of a Lifetime" by John Byrne - Billy Connolly

Artists: Rogue-One, Art Pistol | Year: 2017

  • commemoration of Billy Connolly’s 75th birthday BBC Scotland commissioned three portraits of the comedian by top Scottish artists
  • Based on John Byrne’s “Billy Connolly”. (married Tilda Swinton and had twins - divorced and moved to Nairn)
  • Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime and are now on display in the People’s Palace.
  1. Study of a Woman in Black

Arists: James Klinge (Klingatron - Shawlands based) | Year: 2017

  • Trying to get high detail into street art
  • Originally from Ayrshire, lives in Glasgow now. Not a graffit or street artist (he's never done it) - artist
  1. Study Of A Woman In Black 2

Artists: James Klinge (Klingatron) | Year: 2018

  1. ‘Big Yin’ by Rachel Maclean

Artist: Rogue-One, Art Pistol | Year: 2017

  • Rachel is part performer and filmmaker dressed him up to reference his jokes
  • ‘mini bike parked in bum’
  • BC says: I'm about to be humiliated and I love it
  1. Charles Rennie Mackintosh & The Clutha

Artists: Rogue and Art Pistol | Year: 2020 (Mackintosh is 2018) Why: Radisson RED Hotel paid for it to mark his 150th birthday

  • celebrating a variety of personalities who visited this iconic location. Original had Billy Connolly, Frank Zappa and John Martyn. But got damaged by weather.
  • New one is tribute to the NHS, painted during Covid
  • Art Pistol is a creative. They are doing climate change murals in late 2021
  1. Tiger Mural

Artists: Klingatron | Year: 2017

  • defaced in 2019 and redone in 2020
  • Replaced an original one which had a tiger chasing a ball
  1. Doctor Connolly, I Presume?

Artists: Rogue-One | Year: 2017

  • reproduction of the Jack Vettriano and BC's 1994 tour of Scotland.
  • Near John O'Groats
  1. Are Ye Dancin'?

Artists: Conzo, Globel | Year: 2017

  • Lady Alba from Indy ref videos with Duke Wellington
  • Conzo is a sign-painter and has a store on West Regent Street. He looks like Billy Bob Thornton with Michael Hayes accent and attitude.
  1. As Good As Gold

Artists: Conzo, Globel | Year: 2019

  • Price hikes in Freddos - no great meaning
  • "We wanted somewhere on the high street as it's close to the expensive shops and jewellers. "
  1. Glasgow Panda

Aritsts: James Klinge | Year: 2013

  • A year after Edinburgh Zoo got pandas
  • HEavily vandalised location
  • ‘bamboo gates’ on Gordon Lane.
  1. Wind Power

Artists: Rogue | Year: 2015

  • Originally part of Doors Open Day, switched to being about sustainable energy
  1. Honey… I Shrunk The Kids

Artists: Smug | Year: 2012

  • Just someone picking something up
  1. The World’s Most Economical Taxi

Artists: Rogue | Year: 2013

  • "I can't believe I painted a wall to look like a brick wall just because I wanted a brick wall"
  • Bricks were painted as the original things didn't pop out
  • License plate is his name
  1. Portrait Gallery

Artists: James Klinge | Year: 2019

  • One is a self portrait, the rest are DJs who have played in the Arches
  • He uses seven layers of stencils to create his artwork. Darkest to lightest. Starting from photographs
  • He prefers dark, but it needed colour in that location
  1. Today We’re In Love Aren’t We?

Artists: Cobolt Collective | Year: 2019

  • Cobolt Collective are four female street artists
  • celebrating 30 years of the Glasgow's Doors Open Days Festival
  • The Bargain by Glaswegian poet, Liz Lochhead, "Yes today we are in love, with the whole splintering city".
  1. The Swimmer

Artists: Smug | Year: 2013

  • 2014 games. Here for folks stuck in traffic
  • Police were phoned multiple times by the public while he made this piece
  1. Charing Croc And The Charing Cross Birds

Artists: James Klinge (Croc) ~ Art Pistol, Little Book Transfers | Year: 2016

  • Uses a gap in the bricks for the eye
  • STALK project for birds and their food
  1. The Lost Giant

Artists: Stormie Mills | Year: 2017

  • Australian artist. Part of a series around the world including Florence and Perth, Australia
  • He moved around a lot, and felt lost, so wanted to capture part of that wonder
  • Glasgow tartan scarf to tie it to the place
  1. Shadow Hand Puppets

Artists: Rogue | Year: 2014

  • Already dingy, watermain burst and made it worse
  • He wanted people to make shadowpuppters better.
  • shadowgraphy!
  1. Crazy Cat Lady

Artists: Rogue | Year: 2018

  • Victoria's nightclub burnt down
  1. The Musician

Arists: Rogue | Year: 2016

  • Celebrates local live music scene
  1. Bubbles

Artists: Rogue | Year: 2019

  • French bulldog and two girls (his friends daughters)
  • Check the shadows
  1. Study Of A Woman In Black 3

Artists: James Klinge | Year: 2019

  • Three weeks cutting stencils in his studio, three days to paint on site

Who by

  • 11: Rogue-One: Strathclyde Wonderwall, 3 x Billy Connolly, The Clutha, Wind Power, The World’s Most Economical Taxi, Shadow Hand Puppets, Crazy Cat Lady, The Musician, Bubbles

  • 6: Klingatron: 3 x Study of a Woman in Black, Tiger Mural, Glasgow Panda, Portrait Gallery

  • 5: Smug: St Enoch, St Mungo, Fellow Glasgow Residents, Honey… I Shrunk The Kids, The Swimmer

  • 2: Conzo, Globel: Are Ye Dancin'?, As Good As Gold

  • 2: Little Book Transfers: Charing Croc And The Charing Cross Birds

  • 1: Guido Van Helten: Badminton

  • 1: Ali Wylie: Spaceman

  • 1: Cobolt Collective: Today We’re In Love Aren’t We?

  • 1: Stormie Mills: The Lost Giant

By year

  • 2020: The Clutha
  • 2019: SoaWiB, As Good As Gold, Portrait Gallery, Today We’re In Love Aren’t We?, Bubbles
  • 2018: SoaWiB, St Enoch, Mackintosh, Crazy Cat Lady
  • 2017: SoaWiB, 3 x Billy Connolly, Tiger, Are Ye Dancin'?, The Lost Giant
  • 2016: St Mungo, Charing Croc And The Charing Cross Birds, The Musician
  • 2015: Wind Power, Shadow Hand Puppets
  • 2014: Strathclyde Wonderwall
  • 2013: Fellow Glasgow Residents, Badminton, Spaceman, Glasgow Panda, The World’s Most Economical Taxi, The Swimmer
  • 2012: Honey… I Shrunk The Kids
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