Affordable housing
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This one probably deserves a [subtle] tag, but anyway, here's a new stencil I placed on some condo billboards downtown.
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| Bay and St. Mary |
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| Queen and Dovercourt |
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| King and Tecumseth |
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| Howard Park and Roncesvalles |
Graffiti in the news
Toronto edition...
BlogTO - DIY funhouse revitalizes Toronto phone booth
"Spotted yesterday on Christie just north of Dupont, this DIY mini-funhouse, complete with wacky mirrors, proved quite the lure for those passing by."
Torontoist - Off The Wall: Tapr
"Tapr is to graffiti art what a brawler is to the sweet science of boxing. Pound for pound, brawlers may lack the grace of swift-footed pugilists, but they make up for it with a swarm of rock solid punches.
What Tapr lacks artistically, he makes up for with the graffiti equivalent of a swift jab: the tag."
Some funny comments on that article. For the record, I think tagging is just fine.
Senses Lost - Sizeo Interview
"As an outsider to the Toronto scene I get to see the good and bad of our city. Graffiti is alive and very well here, even with the newly elected slob's eradication plan, we have style masters pushing boundaries, on walls and freights, transit gets done, the streets get some serious love. Comparing Toronto to other cities is little shitty; like I said it's not where you're from it's where you're at!"
Amen to that.
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| Photo courtesy of BlogTO |
BlogTO - DIY funhouse revitalizes Toronto phone booth
"Spotted yesterday on Christie just north of Dupont, this DIY mini-funhouse, complete with wacky mirrors, proved quite the lure for those passing by."
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| Photo by Tapr / Torontoist |
Torontoist - Off The Wall: Tapr
"Tapr is to graffiti art what a brawler is to the sweet science of boxing. Pound for pound, brawlers may lack the grace of swift-footed pugilists, but they make up for it with a swarm of rock solid punches.
What Tapr lacks artistically, he makes up for with the graffiti equivalent of a swift jab: the tag."
Some funny comments on that article. For the record, I think tagging is just fine.
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| Photo courtesy of Senses Lost |
Senses Lost - Sizeo Interview
"As an outsider to the Toronto scene I get to see the good and bad of our city. Graffiti is alive and very well here, even with the newly elected slob's eradication plan, we have style masters pushing boundaries, on walls and freights, transit gets done, the streets get some serious love. Comparing Toronto to other cities is little shitty; like I said it's not where you're from it's where you're at!"
Amen to that.
Super Grover III
Martin Reis recently took some great photos of the third Super Grover up at Ossington and Davenport.
Here are a few highlights:
He also got some nice close-ups of the first Super Grover at Dundas and Sorauren:
Love to see how that wall is filling up again.
And with all of these photos piling up, Martin created a 'THINGS' set on Flickr to gather everything he has shot in one place. Right now there are 45 photos stretching back 6.5 years. Much obliged.
Here are a few highlights:
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
He also got some nice close-ups of the first Super Grover at Dundas and Sorauren:
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
Love to see how that wall is filling up again.
And with all of these photos piling up, Martin created a 'THINGS' set on Flickr to gather everything he has shot in one place. Right now there are 45 photos stretching back 6.5 years. Much obliged.
Toronto logo
Here's a rather large stencil that I tried out for the first time recently with help from a friend. It's about 6 feet wide, and located on the underside of a bridge that has recently been buffed.
We had to change a few things on the fly (i.e., the black outline), but I think it turned out pretty good in the end.
Thanks for the assist, 'stuff'!
We had to change a few things on the fly (i.e., the black outline), but I think it turned out pretty good in the end.
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| Near Spadina and St. Clair |
Thanks for the assist, 'stuff'!
Things posters
I pasted up a series of four stencilled posters, 18x24" in size, around downtown Toronto:
And some close-ups (click for full size):
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| Bathurst and Queen |
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| Harbord and Grace |
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| Dufferin and College |
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| King and Spadina |
And some close-ups (click for full size):
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Behind the scenes
Here are some 'behind the scenes' photos from various projects. I thought you might find them interesting.
The Omar Little 'Indeed' stencil, with H:
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The copyright stencil:
The Post no bills in Vancouver:
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My guerilla exhibit from Nuit Blanche 2010:
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The painter stencil:
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The priceless stencil:
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Another test for the Priceless piece:
A test from the first Rob Ford stencil:
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And finally, Super Grover:
More Super Grovers
Now there are a couple more Super Grovers flying around town. Here's one from Spadina and Baldwin:
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| Photo by Martin Reis |
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| Photo by iheartmuseums | Photo by Craig in TO |
iheartmuseums: "Toronto's a graffiti-heavy city, so it's nice every so often to have a piece I see stand out and make me smile nice and big :)"
Graffiti in the news
World news edition...
Daily Mail Online: Kensington Palace restoration uncovers century-old obscene graffiti
CBC News: Gaddafi graffiti: the flowering of a dark art
Washington Post: Gaddafi graffiti: What did revolutionaries write on his hiding spot?
"Libya may have a new, macabre tourist attraction: the drain pipe where Libyan rebels found Moammar Gaddafi hiding Thursday. Since the former dictator's death, Libyans have started adding messages to the tunnel. One scrawled message reads, “This is the place of Gaddafi, the rat. God is the greatest,” in blue Arabic lettering"
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| Photo by Chris Parise / Huffington Post Huffington Post: Saber, Graffiti Artist, Fights To Lift Mural Ban In LA "According to Blackman's presentation, Los Angeles allows murals on city, state and federal property, but these avenues involve layers of bureaucracy that may discourage the spontaneous production of art. Murals on private property are banned unless they are approved on a case-by-case basis; no general policy is in place." |
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| Photo by Historic Royal Palaces / Daily Mail Online |
Daily Mail Online: Kensington Palace restoration uncovers century-old obscene graffiti
"'There are many instances of graffiti at the palaces, including some similarly rude and rather graphic Tudor etchings at Hampton Court Palace, as well as numerous more poignant messages carved into the stone walls by prisoners at the Tower of London."
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| Photo by Majid Saeedi / Getty Images |
CBC News: Gaddafi graffiti: the flowering of a dark art
Washington Post: Gaddafi graffiti: What did revolutionaries write on his hiding spot?
"Libya may have a new, macabre tourist attraction: the drain pipe where Libyan rebels found Moammar Gaddafi hiding Thursday. Since the former dictator's death, Libyans have started adding messages to the tunnel. One scrawled message reads, “This is the place of Gaddafi, the rat. God is the greatest,” in blue Arabic lettering"
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