A mural of one of Macclesfield’s finest musicians now has pride of place in the town centre.
The mural of Ian Curtis, the iconic frontman of Joy Division, is a fully funded Cheshire East Council project and has been painted by well-known street artist ‘Akse’. It adorns a building on Mill Street, just across from the bus station.
Ian Curtis was the iconic frontman of Joy Division whose biggest hit, which still commands airtime more than 40 years after its release, was ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.
Ian was brought up in Macclesfield, attended King’s School in the town and his ashes are buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. He took his own life in 1980.
Manchester street artist ‘Akse’, has been spray-painting similar projects over a varied 30-year career. His recent works include murals of the late British army officer and fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford MBE.
On completion of his latest project, Akse said: “Although I’ve been working on murals most of my life, it’s still always an incredible feeling to get to the end of the journey – well the end of my journey at least. Now it’s time for the people of Macclesfield to enjoy the mural, as I know how much Ian meant to so many of them.”
