JOHN GREEN is intrigued by the ethereal, ghostly quality of images of a London unobscured by the bustle of humanity
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THE title of Dubliner Robert Ballagh’s painting, The 30th of January, is a deliberate allusion to Goya’s The Third of May.
While in Goya’s masterpiece Madrid is the background for the murderous executions of said date in 1808, in Ballagh’s canvas it is the Derry skyline.
Ballagh’s painting has been put on display at the Guildhall in Derry and will be will be unveiled to members of the Bloody Sunday families at a special event. It has been open to members of the public from January 14.
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