St-Laurent|Clark back alley between Laurier and St-Viateur

The back alley that runs behind the western side of St-Laurent is one of Montreal’s great hotspots for commissioned and non-commissioned street art. Two stretches of that alley are particularly interesting: the one from Duluth to Des Pins (subject of a different post) and the one from Laurier to St-Viateur which is covered here. Some of this city’s greatest artists have left their mark there in the form of murals, smaller figurative pieces, graffiti, wheatpastes, stencils and of course the unavoidable stickers.

Each segment of the alley has a different feel, so this post is divided accordingly: Laurier to Fairmount, Fairmount to St-Viateur, and above St-Viateur. Pieces were photographed from the summer of 2014 to the summer of 2016.

La ruelle se trouvant derrière le coté ouest de la rue St-Laurent est une des meilleures galeries à ciel ouvert à Montréal. Deux portions de cette ruelle sont particulièrement intéressantes: celle comprise entre Duluth et Des Pins (le sujet d’un article à part) et celle comprise entre les rues Laurier et St-Viateur, que nous traitons ici. Plusieurs parmi les meilleurs artistes à Montréal y ont laissé leur marque (commandée ou non) sous forme de murales et pièces figuratives de plus petite envergure, graffitis, collages, pochoirs, et évidemment les inévitables autocollants.

La gallerie-photo ci-dessous est divisée en chapitres reflétant le caractère différent de chaque segment de cette ruelle: Laurier à Fairmount, Fairmount à St-Viateur, et nord de St-Viateur. Les pièces présentées ont été photographiées de l’été 2014 à l’été 2016.

Between Laurier and Fairmount

Nixon graffiti in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Nixon in alley north of Laurier.

Los Keos in alley north of Laurier

Los Keos in alley north of Laurier.

Fore / Los Keos in alley north of Laurier

Fore / Los Keos in alley north of Laurier.

AG Crew featuring Snipe and Senck in alley north of Laurier

The AG Crew featuring Snipe and Senck.

Vhat, part 1/3 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Vhat, part 1/3.

Vhat part 2/3 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Vhat, part 2/3.

Vhat part 3/3 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Vhat, part 3/3.

Door in alley between St-Laurent and Clark featuring mainly a wheatpaste by Lily Luciole, stickers by TikTok, Cif and Meat and lots of tagging including Tik Tok in bottom right corner

Door featuring mainly a wheatpaste by Lily Luciole, stickers by Tik Tok, Cif and Meat and lots of tagging including Tik Tok in bottom right corner. Close-ups of various parts below.

wheatpaste by Lily Luciole in alley between St-Laurent and Clark; also visible are small stickers by Tik Tok and Cif

Close-up of Lily Luciole wheatpaste. Stickers on the left are by Tik Tok and Cif.

hand-drawn sticker by Meat

Close-up of the Meat sticker on door above.

Produkt drawing and lots of tags

Alex Produkt amongst lots of tags.

paste-up by Sloast

Sloast paste-up.

paste-up by Sloast

Sloast paste-up.

ROC514 drawing and Dookie3 stencil

ROC514. Also visible on the right is an earlier stencil by Dookie (scroll down a bit for close-up).

ROC514 in a Mile End alley

ROC514

Pnda in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Pnda over tags.

Pnda in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Pnda and lots of tags.

Olo in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Graffiti by Olo.

Nesko in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Nesko.

Drawing by Other in alley between St-Laurent and Clark and lots of tags including House and Hirok amongst others

Drawing by Other, with tags by House and Hirok amongst others.

stencil by Dookie3 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Stencil by Dookie3.

Koni HTU in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Koni HTU

Greasy Jim in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Greasy Jim

Stencil by Pro-Can Ibalizm in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Stencil for Pro-Can Ibalizm.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Unidentified artist.

Stickers by Tik Tok (top left), National Zombi (top right), 52Hz (fish) and Fleb (bottom right), plus pasted card by Pnda (blue). In alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Stickers by Tik Tok (top left), National Zombi (top right), 52Hz (fish) and Fleb (bottom right), plus pasted card by Pnda (blue).

Tava sticker in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Tava sticker.

Between Fairmount and St-Viateur

Anna Meinong / Zoids (?) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Anna Meinong / Zoids?

FiveEight (left) and Peru143 (right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Five Eight (left) and Peru143 (right).

Peru143 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Closer view of the Peru143 portion.

Gawd in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Gawd

Screm, Toast and other artists from Visual Pollution in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Screm, Visual Pollution, Toast.

Toast in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Toast

Visual Pollution in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Visual Pollution

Waxhead, Cryote and perhaps others from the WZRDS GNG off Fairmount near St-Laurent

Waxhead, Cryote and perhaps other members of the then Wzrds Gng. For the paste-ups visible beneath the stairs, scroll down.

Waxhead in alley off Fairmount

Same location as above, one year earlier, just Waxhead.

Turtle Caps on doors in alley off Fairmount

Turtle Caps

Tava (top), unknown artist (centre) and Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste (bottom) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Tava (hearts at the top), Futur Lasor Now (bottom) and unknown artist in between. A close-up of the mini-sticker in the top left corner is shown further down in this gallery.

Produkt (white head) and Pnda (top right in blue) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Alex Produkt, plus Pnda paste-up in the top corner.

small pasted piece by ROC514 and Mr Chose aka Easythat3rd aka Easytrois

Collaboration wheatpaste between ROC514 and Mr Chose.

Lily Luciole poster in Mile End

Lily Luciole poster.

Wheatpastes by Le Renard Fou

Le Renard Fou wheatpastes.

Miss Me wheatpaste (left) and Pnda graffiti (right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Miss Me wheatpaste (left) and Pnda (right).

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste.

wheatpastes by Futur Lasor Now (left) and 52Hz (right) found in Mile End

Futur Lasor Now (left) and 52Hz (right) wheatpastes.

wheatpaste by 52Hz found in Mile End

52Hz wheatpaste.

Swarm wheatpaste

Swarm paste-ups.

Naps in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Naps, plus what’s left of a Graffiti Knight wheatpaste.

Stela on Fairmount near St-Laurent

Stela, at the Fairmount end of this alley.

Stela (right) and Selena Gomez (left) representing the Witch Gang, in alley off St-Viateur (bottom left corner wheatpaste is by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art)

Stela again, this time at the St-Viateur end of the alley. With Selena Gomez, together representing the Witch Gang. Flags in bottom left corner are by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art.

Pasted collaboration between 69 (aka 6ara9e) and ROC514 in alley off St-Viateur

Collaboration wheatpaste between ROC514 and 69 aka 6ara9e.

wheatpastes by Swarm (left) and Futur Lasor Now (right)

Swarm (left) and Futur Lasor Now (right).

wheatpaste by unidentified artist in Mile End alley

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist.

collaboration wheatpaste between Lily Luciole and Swarm

Wheatpasting collaboration between Lily Luciole and Swarm.

Gial wheatpaste found in Mile End

Gial wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste, with Pnda (top left) and Swarm (bottom)

Wheatpastes by Futur Lasor Now (centre), Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (bottom) and paste-up by Pnda (top). See next photo for close-up of stickered piece in the bottom left corner.

Sticker/paste-up by unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Close-up of stickered piece in previous photo.

Lovebot (right) and Turtle Caps (left) wheatpastes in alley behind St-Laurent on the corner of St-Viateur

Wheatpastes by Turtle Caps (left) and Toronto’s Lovebot (right).

Zola wheatpaste

Zola.

Kat poster in alley behind St-Laurent

Kat wheatpaste.

poster by Kat

Kat wheatpaste.

poster by Kat

Kat wheatpaste.

poster by Kat

Kat wheatpaste.

cardboard paste-up by Mono Sourcil

Pasted cardboard by Mono Sourcil.

cardboard paste-up by Mono Sourcil

Pasted cardboard by Mono Sourcil.

wheatpaste by Sloast

Sloast wheatpaste.

wheatpastes by ROC514 (right) and Flavor (left)

ROC514 and Flavor wheatpastes.

wheatpaste by Sloast

Sloast wheatpaste.

paste-up by Sloast

Sloast, partially over an old sticker from yours truly.

wood-up by Starkey in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Starkey wood-up.

Graffiti Knight wheatpaste

Wheatpaste by Graffiti Knight.

Muesli poster in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Poster by Muesli.

wheatpaste by unidentified artist; many locations

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist.

Pasted bagel prints at the St-Viateur end of the alley, artist unknown

Pasted bagel prints at the St-Viateur end of the alley, artist unknown.

unidentified artist in Mile End

Unidentified artist.

Listen in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Listen

Listen in Mile End

Listen

Listen in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Listen

Drawing by Other in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Other

Gawd (left) and Labrona (right) on Mile End back alley doors

Gawd (left) and Labrona (right).

Produkt (in white and blue)

In white/blue: Alex Produkt.

Produkt (blue and white drawing, plus text above it) plus drawings by other artists and tags

Alex Produkt (in white/blue). All white character is by unknown artist.

ROC514 (bottom left corner), FiveEight (tag above it) and other tags in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

ROC514 in bottom left corner. Also shows tags by Five Eight and others.

ROC514 (bottom left corner), Cryote (centre in black), Monkey King (in blue) and paste-ups by Stela and Swarm (bottom right)

ROC514 in bottom left corner. Also shows drawings by Cryote (in black) and Monkey King (in blue) and paste-ups by Stela and Swarm in the bottom right corner. See next photo for close-up of the latter paste-ups.

Paste-ups by Stela (left) and Swarm (right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-ups by Stela (left) and Swarm (right).

Paste-ups by Zu (left) and Swarm (right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-ups by Zu (left) and Swarm (right).

Zu paste-up (top) and Monkey King sticker (bottom) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-up by Zu (top) and Monkey King sticker (bottom).

Zu paste-up in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-up by Zu.

Stela paste-up near the corner of St-Laurent and Fairmount

Stela on pasted doilie.

Stela doilie paste-up

Stela on pasted doilie.

Stela doilie paste-up

Stela on pasted doilie.

Stela doilie paste-up

Stela on pasted doilie.

Stela (left) doilie paste-up and Selena Gomez (right) paste-up

Paste-ups by Stela and Selena Gomez presumably vandalised by someone who disapproves of their message.

Decolonizing Street Art sticker in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-up for Decolonizing Street Art.

Decolonizing Street Art sticker in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-up for Decolonizing Street Art.

Bubz? in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Presumably by Bubz.

Sayko graffiti in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Graffiti by Sayko, and paste-up by Baubô in top left corner.

Greasy Jim graffiti mural near St-Laurent corner St-Viateur

Greasy Jim graffiti.

Graffiti by House in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Graffiti by House.

Graffiti by Grams in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Grams throw.

Gawd drawing in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

A quick one by Gawd.

stencil by Dookie3 found in Mile End

Stencil by Dookie3.

stencil by Dookie3 found in Mile End

Stencil by Dookie3.

stencil by Dookie3 in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Stencil by Dookie3.

Pnda in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Pnda

Pnda in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Pnda

Clay by Zenka piece stating “#Letsairguitar” found on wall in alley off St-Viateur

Clay piece by Zenka at the St-Viateur end of the alley.

Waxhead on Mile End door

Waxhead

Waxhead (in red) and various other unknown artists in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Waxhead in red, amongst lots of tags.

Waxhead (bottom in red) and various other unknown artists in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Waxhead in red, amongst lots of tags. Artists responsible for the blue piece and the white character above it is unknown.

Unknown artists in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Unidentified artist.

Bubz? in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Bubz?

Swarm paste-up in air vent in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Swarm paste-up in air vent.

Pnda drawing (blue) and stickers by unknown artist (in black) and Tik Tok (white and purple) in air vent in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Same air vent as above, Pnda in blue, stickers by unidentified artist (black) and Tik Tok (white and purple).

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Unidentified artist.

quickie by Yolacocacola

Yolacocacola

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist stencil in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

Sam in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Sam.

Toobad in alley between St-Laurent and Clark, plus tags by Greasy Jim, etc

Toobad, with tags from Greasy Jim, Nestor, Hitem, etc.

Tags by various artists including Pnda in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

It looks this is Pnda’s playground. White character is by unidentified artist.

Meat in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Meat.

Unknown artist in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Artist unknown.

You Go Girl tag in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Chalk tag by You Go Girl.

You Go Girl tag in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Chalk tag by You Go Girl.

Stickers by various unknown artists in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Stickers and drawings by unidentified artists.

Paste-ups and stickers by Bird (top), ROC514 and Sien514 (pumpkins), Swarm (right of pumpkins), Waxhead (bottom left), Turtle Caps (bottom centre) and Fortin Marchand (bottom right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Paste-ups and stickers by Bird (top), ROC514 and Sien514 (pumpkins), Swarm (right of pumpkins), Waxhead (bottom left), Turtle Caps (bottom centre) and Fortin Marchand (bottom right).