Petro Wodkins – Manneken Pis
I got contacted recently by an assistant to Petro Wodkins, a Russian artist who recently repurposed the classic kitsch 15th-century fountain in Brussels, Manneken Pis. I saw Manneken Pis many, many times in people’s basement bars as a humour piece…
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Street Ghosts by Paolo Cirio – Street Art made by Google Street View
I received an email a few days ago from Paolo Cirio about his project, Street Ghosts. It’s a pretty nifty idea – he describes it thusly: “Life-sized pictures of people found on Google’s Street View are printed and posted without…
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Stare – Star d’un Soir
I make no secret of my love for graffiti & street art, and Montreal is a fertile breeding ground for this expression of cultural vitality. Checking out the April 2013 edition of Cult MTL I see that Yves Laroche Gallery is…
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ROA Explores Interior Space
ROA is a Belgian native whose work is well-known enough that most people familiar with contemporary street art in even the vaguest way will recognize his work. In 2010 the landmark lawsuit to preserve his (legal) work in Hackney helped pave…
Sweet Montreal Graf Part 2
This is not my first post about Montreal’s street art/ graffiti. Back in June, I waxed poetic at some length. Montreal is, as I said back then, a pretty happening place for street art/ graffiti, with a lively and inventive…
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