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10.08.2023 - 05:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Eric Jackson often has his tongue firmly wedged in his cheek. The artist has created a large collection of, sometimes cheeky, posters celebrating Greater Manchester’s villages, towns and boroughs.
His Fallowfield poster dubs the student suburb ‘Home of the brainy, bars and bedsits’.
While ‘Incredible journeys of the world: Route A6’ is the tagline for an artwork depicting an impeccably dressed woman hanging from the door handle of the 192 bus in Levenshulme.
‘The never-ending ideological struggle between East and West in Didsbury’ reads his poster for the leafy south Manchester suburb. While his Prestwich poster knowingly references that infamous song lyric ‘spank me on the bottom with the Woman’s Weekly’ by the late, great Prestwich local Victoria Wood.
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Now the artist has created a topical poster based on the new Barbie movie - which has made history by grossing $1 billion at the box office. The film - directed by Greta Gerwig - comically looks at the ideological struggles of a life sized doll and her friends.
Eric says he never planned to create a poster based on the film, but he was inspired by his home city of Manchester to create something a little offbeat. "I always vowed I’d never do a Manchester bee poster, and I certainly never anticipated doing one relating to Barbie. But there you go, I woke up in the morning with an idea and by 4pm it was all done,” he says.
Eric’s creations invariably celebrate Greater Manchester areas in ways instantly recognisable to locals. “Most of the places I’ve done I’ve got an affection for, even the ones I’m taking the mickey out of,” he previously told us.
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