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Open Country: Rural Murals in Dumfries and Galloway

Rural Murals in Dumfries and Galloway

10/07/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Rural Murals in Dumfries and Galloway

Helen Mark visits new art in the countryside aiming to give visitors a fresh perspective.

Street art comes to the Dumfries and Galloway landscape in the form of rural murals. Helen Mark meets farmers and artists hoping to shake up our view of the countryside.

"Turn right at the psychedelic hay barn". The new landmark is easy to spot and has brought a smile and a surprise to many passing through Newton Stewart. The British landscape has inspired thousands of artists and Helen Mark travels through Dumfries and Galloway to see how teams of street artists have been working on 'rural murals' adorning old hay barns, slurry tankers and horse coats offered up by locals as a new canvas. While they may divide opinion, those on the Mull of Galloway say it's helped connect them with the rest of the region. She also stops off at the carved 'rosnes benches' - designed to make you stop, lie down and take a very different perspective on your surroundings.
Presented by Helen Mark.
Produced in Bristol by Anne-Marie Bullock.

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