Art: Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones' Gates of Hell mural

Date
21 October 2013

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Late on a Friday night, when city boys spill out of the bars with the smell of entitlement in their nostrils (that and cocaine), Shoreditch can feel a little bit like hell on earth. But this underworld connection became more literal last week when to mark their new show, Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones installed an amazing mural of the Gates of Hell on an east London wall. The huge piece full of nightmarish writhing torsos was to help promote Erebus a new film piece from the talented duo. The photos are nice enough but the time-lapse below gives you a real sense of how this eye-catching work came together.

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Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones: Gates of Hell mural

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Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones: Gates of Hell mural

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Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones: Gates of Hell mural

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Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones: Gates of Hell mural

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Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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