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On the walls of Toronto some of the street art exhibits strong elements of design, such as these examples. I especially like the piece just above, which is painted on a piece of plywood tacked onto the side of a building.
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Shades of Toronto Graffiti (Part 2 – P.S)
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I realized after I shot these four images that the faces had similar characteristics and they were all tagged “P.S” and were likely done by the same street artist. Their creator favors funky, angular faces and there’s definitely a certain style going on with these.
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Shades of Toronto Graffiti (Part 1 – Overview)
Toronto, being the big city that it is, has more than its share of diverse street or wall art, more commonly called graffiti. This isn’t every one’s cup of tea, but it’s hard to ignore the creative expression that goes into these highly stylized works.
Among the varieties to be found gracing the corner wall of an old building, on either side of the occasional alley way or wherever else you may find these quirky pieces are classic graffiti tags, the enigmatic or humorous character scenes, the images laden with social or political messages, and designs that are as much about vibrant colors as anything else. I took a lot of shots of these recently, so have broken them up with some being posted here and others planned for a later set of shared images.
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“Three Things . . .”
Graffiti Sunburst, Kensington Market, Toronto
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.”
~ Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
“I’ll Meet You There”
Can’t help but smile about this quirky handmade sign stumbled upon recently in the Kensington Market district of Toronto.
The words are from a poem by Rumi that is generally understood to be about putting aside judgments that divide people and instead to focus on appreciating the wonders of being and the things that connect us all.
Ossington Avenue Graffiti
Crisscrossing the streets of Toronto, it struck me that I had to look harder there than in Montreal to find graffiti or street art. But what’s to be found in Toronto is every bit as varied and creatively expressed, as shown by these two examples, both in the Ossington Avenue area. I’ll post more later.
Closeup on Architectural Detail Around Montreal
Quebec Month / Installment 14
Pediments, bas relief sculptures, window moldings, fanciful brickworks, roof fixtures and decorative doors are among the many intricate architectural details that vie for our attention as we walk down a street and absorb all that is before us. Here are some pics of such adornments from a recent trip to Montreal.
Manhole Covers of Quebec City
Quebec Month / Installment 13
Underfoot and mostly unnoticed as we trek to our destinations, manhole covers rest snugly in their circular grade-level perches all around Quebec City. With their spare adornment, they are immovable except with great effort, securely guarding their underground treasures of utility.
Wall Art a la Montreal
Jazz Saints
Quebec Month / Installment 11
Not long ago I posted some pics I took of graffiti in Montreal. Painted wall art is another form of creative expression that is different from graffiti, but sometimes in only subtle ways. I’m sure someone has worked out the technical distinction between such things, but however these art forms are categorized, Montreal is a rich showcase for a great deal of both (as well as other street art variants — such as kinetic art, elaborate light shows and light sculptures — that I could not readily capture).
Painted Cargo Container
Cardboard Totem Pole Wall Art
Quebec Month / Installment 7
I have some other Montreal wall art still to share, but, at the moment, I’ve singled out the above piece because of the unusual medium — painted cardboard — used by its creator. By the time I came upon this contemporary take on a traditional Pacific Northwest totem pole, the work had seen better days but it still held up quite well. The brightly colored eagle, beaver and cow (a modern update for a totem pole!) are set off nicely by the intricate carvings in the corrugated cardboard.
Montreal’s Vibrant Walls of Graffiti
Quebec Month / Installment 5
Wow! Montreal has a lot of amazingly cool graffiti — and not just the quickly dashed out monochromatic tag variety. In that city, wielders of spray paint have taken the graffiti form to a more vibrant, artistic level that brightens rather than blightens. Here are some of these artfully done works that caught my eye as I recently roamed the city’s streets.
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