Conor Harrington is a street artist who creates large-scale murals with a nod to the classic style or painting but with figures and settings shown in conflict or poses that can tell a story. A couple of years ago when I went to Greenwich, I photographed a mural that the artist had created a few years earlier for London Mural Festival. The work shows a figure blinded and hidden behind a Union Jack flag. The title of the work is "The Blind Exit" and is about the Brexit Referendum in which the UK left the EU.
The Union Jack flag is completely covering the subject, who is dressed in old-style dress and has a European Union flag and empty globe in the background.
More work by Conor Harrington on this blog can be seen here:
<p><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2026/01/conor-harrington-the-duel-of-b.html">Conor Harrington: The Duel of Bristol</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/03/conor-harrington-2022.html"><br />Conor Harrington's Second Mural Off Brick Lane</a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/02/new-mural-by-conor-harrington-.html" rel="bookmark"><br />New Mural by Conor Harrington Off Brick Lane<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/09/street-art-conor-harrington.html" rel="bookmark">Street Art: Conor Harrington</a><br /><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2013/06/baroque-the-streets-dulwich-st.html" rel="bookmark">Baroque the Streets: Dulwich Street Art<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/02/dublin-street-art.html" rel="bookmark">Dublin Street Art<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/07/street-art-on-whitecross-stree.html" rel="bookmark">Street Art on Whitecross Street<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/09/new-street-art-by-conor-harrin.html" rel="bookmark">New Street Art by Conor Harrington<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/10/belfast-street-art.html" rel="bookmark">Belfast Street Art<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2014/03/recent-street-art-in-early-spr.html" rel="bookmark">Street Art Round-up in Early Spring 2014<br /></a><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2019/03/street-art-tour-of-walthamstow.html" rel="bookmark">Street Art Tour of Walthamstow</a></p>
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