Art for art’s sake

Pictured: Night and Day’ By Jan Jan Cacho and Kaithlin Walsh from Donnybrook Homework Club. Located on Donnybrook Road.

Pictured: Night and Day’ By Jan Jan Cacho and Kaithlin Walsh from Donnybrook Homework Club. Located on Donnybrook Road.

Beautiful new street artwork has appeared in Dublin since the summer of 2015.

Under the Dublin Canvas umbrella, a wide variety of artists, be they professional or talented amateurs, have an opportunity to exhibit their work directly on the streets of the city by transforming what were unsightly, grey, traffic light boxes into ‘canvases’.

The new artworks are very popular with both native Dubliners and visitors to the city. They are bound to become as synonymous with Dublin as Banksy is with London.

All of the designated boxes are located in high-profile, high traffic areas, passed by thousands of commuters and tourists every day.

The idea behind this public art project is to brighten up the capital and ‘to make Dublin a more beautiful place to live, work and visit’. These fabulous artworks can now be seen all over the city and its environs and we bring you a flavour of the D4 pieces.

Pictured: ‘Dublin Soup’ by Tara O’Brien. Located on Eglington Rd/Donnybrook Rd junction.

Pictured: ‘Dublin Soup’ by Tara O’Brien. Located on Eglington Rd/Donnybrook Rd junction.

Pictured: ‘Alrigh’ me aul’ Flower?’ by Alison O’Grady. Located on Bridge St, Ringsend.

Pictured: ‘Alrigh’ me aul’ Flower?’ by Alison O’Grady. Located on Bridge St, Ringsend.

Pictured: Another colourful artwork on Morehampton Road. Designs courtesy of Dublin Canvas. Photos: Kevin O’Gorman.

Pictured: Another colourful artwork on Morehampton Road.
Designs courtesy of Dublin Canvas.
Photos: Kevin O’Gorman.

By Jennifer Reddin