Pink is the New Black
Just when you thought the back of Dublin Castle couldn’t get any more colourful up pops a hot pink statue matching the tulips. The Irish village tradition of painting buildings in bright colours isn’t often applied to institutional buildings never mind castles. Dublin Castle is the exception: the group of blocks closest to the garden are painted ice cream flavours of blueberry, peach and lemon. The courtyard blocks couldn’t be more different with their stone and red brick fronts.
Dublin Castle has been around for 700 years although the current architecture mostly dates from the 17th to 20th century. Once the seat of British rule, it’s now government offices and an arena of state ceremony. Anyhoo back to that hot pink statue. Apparently it’s a modern take on the David and Goliath classic. David has donned a baseball cap and a pair of shorts, with a Nike trainer clad foot resting on Goliath’s severed head. Designed by English artist Jam Sutton, the method of execution is also a modern take: excitingly it’s a 3D print.
