Manc-hattan Manchester poster

It seems like it’s happened virtually overnight, but from certain angles Manchester, with its shiny new skyscrapers, is looking a lot like... more

by Eric Jackson

Title

Manc-hattan Manchester poster

Artist

Eric Jackson

Medium

Painting - Acrylic

Description

It seems like it’s happened virtually overnight, but from certain angles Manchester, with its shiny new skyscrapers, is looking a lot like Manhattan in New York. And despite early reservations, I’m growing to quite like the tower cluster of Deansgate Square - just one of several high-rise developments going on around the city. Of course, while we must accept some progress and evolution of Manchester, the heritage should never be abandoned, which is why I’ve featured my favourite looking pub in the whole world - the Peveril of the Peak on Whitworth Street - and the statue of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (which kind of mimics the pose of the Statue of Liberty) in Albert Square in my new ‘Manc-hattan’ poster. I’m not one for painting bees, but I have gone big on yellow this time, which now seems synonymous with the city, and which I rather like with the greys. Now if only those new buildings had been tiled like the Pev, that would have been something! www.statementartworks.com

Uploaded

March 4th, 2019