Daytime street art at Noho, Manchester, 2014
In Manchester’s bubbling Northern Quarter, the shutters at NoHo are attractively decorated, with a real hint of promise as the sun sets. The shutters of this independent bar soon open up to invite the youngsters in for a fun evening. It is located in a Grade II listed building, with floor to ceiling windows, traditional architecture and more interior murals. The image above may be low key, but the bar itself is not.
This mural is by Tankpetrol, an artist born in 1982 in Poland as Irek Jasutowicz and now based in Manchester, UK. Tank creates work inspired by women’s portraits, mixed with geometric shapes and animals. He uses a wide variety of techniques and materials, including stencils, fonts and traditional paint. He works on a wide range of projects, including pieces for companies including Channel 4, Diesel, San Disk and Red Bull, and he has exhibited his work around the world.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20March 2016
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Travel with Intent 
And I thought the horizontal lines were purposely painted on. Silly me. Adds a certain amount of dynamism, don’t you think? Thanks for contributing to this week’s Monday Mural.
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Yes, I think you’re right. An element of surprise or mystery
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I really do like this mural. The way you describe it with background info about artist very interesting too.
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I like her nose like a butterfly and her expressive eyes.
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Gorgeous!
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This is cool, Debbie. We can’t have too much of street art. Have a great Sunday!
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Thanks Paula I’m flipping between the work I need to do and the photo review and editing that I want to do!! I hope you’re having a restful day
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I overdid with my knee and now I am suffering, but it will get better. Thanks again, Debs.
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Nice one – she does look eerily bandaged, though….
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Oh yes, I see what you mean. Didn’t look like that to me because I’ve seen it plenty of times and automatically see the shutters
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Love this photo, such good use of negative space!
Greetings from KL,
Ron
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