JFK mural's on the move - thanks to artist's son

From: Birmingham Mail | Date: June 19, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

BIRMINGHAM'S landmark President Kennedy mural is waiting for a new home after being removed from its home of 37 years by the son of the artist who created it.

Artist Oliver Budd has carefully chipped away the mosaic portrait of John F Kennedy at St Chad's Circus ahead of the demolition of the pedestrian subway and redevelopment of Snow Hill Station.

The key features, including Kennedy's face, have been taken to Oliver's East Sussex studio for storage, where it will stay until a new wall is found in the Irish Quarter at Digbeth.

The giant mural was designed and installed by his late father, ...

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