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Big Splash, on Glenelg Road (London SW2) by Christine Thomas, assisted by Dave Bangs and Diana Leary - 1985. Thebigsplash.jpg
Big Splash, on Glenelg Road (London SW2) by Christine Thomas, assisted by Dave Bangs and Diana Leary – 1985.

The Brixton murals are a series of murals by local artists in the Brixton area, in south London. Most of the murals were funded by Lambeth London Borough Council and the Greater London Council after the Brixton riots in 1981.

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The murals portray politics, community and ideas. Many are now in a state of disrepair and some are no longer there.

The remaining murals are within walking distance of each other. [1]

Brixton murals history

Lost Brixton murals

The murals listed above can still be seen, but some murals are no longer intact. [25]

These murals can still be seen in Brixton. [28]

Notes

  1. "Murals on Google Map". Google Maps. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. "Slade Gardens Adventure Playground Association Mural Photos". Flickr.com. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. "Stockwell War Memorial Photographs". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. Matt Brown (5 July 2006). "Top Ten London Murals". Time Out. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. Archie Bland (28 November 2005). ""It's war on the memorial"". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  6. "Brixton Academy Mural Photos". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  7. "Mural 1 Photos". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  8. Painting the Town Red, Cedric Porter, South London Press, 15 May 1987
  9. "Mural 2 Photos". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  10. "Brixton railway station Murals 1 and 2 Photos". Flickr.com. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  11. "Nuclear Dawn Mural Photos". Flickr.com. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  12. Brixton Mural Map (PDF). Art on the Underground. 2018. pp. 6–7.
  13. "Splash Mural Photos". Flickr.com. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  14. "Top ten London murals". Time Out. London. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  15. "Mauleverer Road Mural Photos". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  16. "Brixton Windmill Mural Unveiling 06/06/2012 – a set on Flickr". Flickr.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  17. "The Windmill Mural Photos". Flickr.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  18. "Brixton: Meet Boniswa". Brixton Blog. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  19. "There's a giant mural of Michelle Obama on an M&S in Brixton". Evening Standard. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  20. "Celebrating London's Murals". London Mural Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  21. Brennan, Ailis (20 September 2018). "This stunning mural is now wowing commuters at Brixton station". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  22. Biswas, Allie. "Aliza Nisenbaum – interview: 'I was torn between wanting to be a social worker or a painter'". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  23. "Rozzers and Rastas: Denzil Forrester unveils Brixton underground station commission". www.theartnewspaper.com. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  24. "5 more minutes". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  25. Photographs by seligr, 1987.
  26. 1 2 Murals in London-A Guide to Murals since 1976, Greenwich Mural Workshop, 1986.
  27. War of the Walls, Sarah-Jane Checkland, London Daily News, 28 May 1987.
  28. "Brixon Murals locations". Google Maps. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

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