Throwback Thursday Street Art November 2015 P1
Street art changes the landscape. Just like the landscape … street changes as well. Sometimes street art is tagged with graffiti. Othertimes the street art was only intended to be temporary (like at a construction site). Sometimes weather changes the street art (rain, sun, cold). Sometimes the building street art was painted on was demolished.
All the street artists I’ve talked to are aware of the constantly evolving environment in which they are working. That’s part of the challenge and they all seem to take it in stride. It’s just how it is.
So with that… I was thinking off trying out something that might be a regular feature later on. Since street art changes so often it might be interesting to see how things used to look. Throwback thursday is a thing !
These pictures were all taken in November 2015.. and I’ll break it into 2 posts.
Anser Graffiti
This Anser face was on the wall of a Dollarama for a very long time. The same wall has a mural with a rooster on it now by Alex Bacon and Poser ABM done back in 2017.
Nov 5, 2015
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Dundas St West BIA Mural
This mural in Portugal Village gets tagged but Rodrigo keeps fixing it !
Nov 6, 2015
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Peeling Mural
I have no idea where I found this one. The paint was really peeling even back then.
Clandestinos Mural
So glad I got this picture back then of this Clandestinos mural. The owners of the cafe put a fence right in the middle. The street artwork is about the environment as you can tell.
Nov 6
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Eliscer Movember Mural
This is what the Movember mural by Eliscer looked a few weeks after he finished it. It’s been tagged several times since. The tag on the right was there already and he incorporated it into his mural.
Nov 7
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Uber 5000 Mural
This street art by Uber5000 looks pretty much the same. There’s a small tag on the left now.. but otherwise it’s the same.
Nov 8
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Lips Mural
I was trying to remember if this is still there. I will have to look next time I go by.
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Gladstone Ave Tagging
I think that little character on the right is by Eliscer.. and this spot pretty much looks the same.
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Anser & Pascal Paquette Mural
This collaboration is still here.. by Answer and Pascal Paquette. Unfortunately, the building is slated for demolition.
Tibet Mural
This small street art wall was for the Tibetan population that lives in Parkdale. Someone tagged it back in 2017. They eventually just painted it over it with black which is unfortunate.
Nov 8
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Troy LoveGates Mural
Someone tagged the bottom on this Troy Lovegates mural back then. It was repaired very quickly.
Nov 9
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Graffiti – Anser
That Anser Mysterious Date face was at the top of the stairwell for at least a month.
That red graffiti only lasted a week or so. It was kinda spooky reading it. Whoever wrote that has a lot of issues. Geez. I hope they got some help.
Nov 9th
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Eliscer Mural
This Eliscer mural is pretty much that same. I saw it just a few days ago.
Nov 11
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
CN Tower Mural
I should research this street art with the CN tower. This mural been there forever. Another one that I have no idea who its by or who did it.
Nov 13
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Garage Door Graffiti Burner
I’m pretty sure that graffiti burner is still going.
Nov 15
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Full Mural
This mural by Eoin Murphy organized by Well and Good is outside a boxing gym. The gloves have been painted several different times. Currently they are white.
Yoga Mural
This street art with a Yogi has been tagged really badly. It used to be a yoga studio. There’s murals in the back with a similar theme (untagged).
Nov 15
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Behave / Construction Site Graffiti
I think this was to cover up the construction site.
Someone wrote ‘behave’. Why Not !
Nov 15
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Honourable & Wise Murals
“Honourable to be Vulnerable”
Wise Up Dumb Down”.
These have both been permanently ruined.
Nov 15
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
All Your Life Mural
“All your life you have waited for this moment.”
Then below, some one pasted “Please remind me three times out of the day not to left today pass me by”.
And.. you guessed .. this was really badly tagged several times after this photo was taken. There is a new mural by Pablo Westo on this same wall.
Nov 15th
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Pour Boy Mural
This street art is at the front of a bar.. They have two locations. The mural is by Francis Pratt and Mack Ross.
Nov 17
Toronto Graffiti Street Art Found Here:
Birdo Mural
This mural by Birdo is at Kim’s Convenience (as in the TV Show). and it’s not longer there. The street art changes at this location quite a lot.
Nov 19th
