Coronation Street Hornsby

Completed in April 2023 the mural is painted on thin slats - painted off site in the Artist’s warehouse in Sydney’s Inner West and then attached to Judge’s Bakery ghost building to create the western facade of the structure. Watch the timelapse videos of it taking shape at the warehouse and its installation on site.

Inspiration

Inspired by the old Daily Telegraph clipping of a story about the new workforce of women truck drivers, the above work acts as a contemporary rethinking of an old black and white photo from the national archives – the image depicts a woman truck driver.

The tree, building and sky behind the painted slats will still be visible, giving the painting a soft, transient, ghost like appearance that complements the structure it’s fixed to. The work explores how history becomes blurred over time but is always visible when we look.

_{1941 'Women Seek Jobs As Breadcarters', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), 19 December, p. 5. Source: nla.gov.au}

Celebrating women in the workforce post WW2, this style aims to create a contemporary piece that isn’t confined to the traditional aesthetics of historical murals and still feels fresh despite its subject matter.

Artist – Fintan Magee

_{Scale model of the mural in the Artist’s studio. Source: Fintan Magee}

_{The Artist, Fintan Magee touching up the mural once in place.}