The 4 walls of the MPC Papers industrial building on the corner of Cabot and Gilmore in the Southwest are sometimes referred to as being legal graffiti walls, but they are not. These walls have been used in the past in the context of various graffiti festivals such as Meeting Of Styles/Can You Rock and are not really for anyone to do their thing. This explains why the pieces here are often quite big in size and they are usually by big names in the local and international graffiti scene.
The photo gallery below shows works created over the years 2013-2016. The spot was in April 2017 the site of an event unofficially titled Scan You Rock, celebrating the work of Scaner, one of Montreal’s best and most respected writers. The pieces created during the latter event are presented in this Scan You Rock post. In September 2018 a huge 100-artist tribute to Scaner was done on the Cabot wall, see all those photos here.
Les 4 murs de l’édifice industriel logeant Les Papiers MPC, situé au coin des rues Cabot et Gilmore dans le sud-ouest de la ville, sont parfois appelés ‘murs légaux’ mais ils ne le sont pas. Ces murs ont par le passé été utilisés dans le cadre de divers festivals du graffiti tels que Meeting Of Styles/Can You Rock et ne sont pas vraiment offerts aux graffeurs qui veulent venir y exercer leur art. Ceci explique pourquoi les pièces qui y sont produites sont souvent de très grande taille et par de grands noms des scènes locale et internationale du graffiti.
La galerie-photo ci-dessous présente les pièces qui y ont été créées de 2013 à 2016. En avril 2017 le site a été choisi pour l’événement Scan You Rock célébrant Scaner, un des meilleurs et des plus respectés artistes graffitis de Montréal. Les pièces créées au cours de cet événement sont présentées dans un article consacré entièrement à Scan You Rock. En septembre 2018 une immense murale hommage à Scaner impliquant une centaine de graffeurs et autres artistes a été créée sur le mur Cabot. Toutes les photos se trouvent ici.
general view
graffiti walls on Cabot and Gilmore, general view
General view. Click to enlarge, then click ‘view full size’ in bottom right corner to view larger.
artists at work on Cabot graffiti wall
Artists at work in the summer of 2014.
Cabot side
Sen2 (top), AG Crew (bottom left) and Geser (bottom right) on Cabot graffiti wall
Sen2 (top),
AG Crew (bottom left) and
Geser (bottom right)
Bacon (left) and Scaner (right) graffiti on Cabot
Bacon (left) and
Scaner (right)
Scaner (left) and Kemr (right) on Cabot graffiti wall
Scaner (left) and
Kemr (right)
Sewk (left) and Brong (right) on Cabot graffiti wall
Sewk (left) and Brong (right)
Omen (left) on Cabot
Omen (left) and unknown artist (over door and right)
Tchug (left), Dfek (top right) and Timer (bottom right) on Cabot graffiti wall
Tchug (left),
Dfek (top right) and
Timer (bottom right).
Kingbee on Cabot
Royal Kingbee
Rubin (top) and Deem One (bottom) on Cabot graffiti wall
Rubin (top) and
Deem One (bottom)
Sen2 (top left), Logek (bottom left) and Hsix (right) on Cabot graffiti wall
Sen2 (top left), Logek (bottom left) and
Hsix (right).
Maniak (top left), Zek (bottom left), Axe and Fluke for K6A and A’Shop (right), on Cabot
Maniak (top left),
Zek (bottom left),
Axe and
Fluke for
K6A and
Ashop (right)
Gilmore side
K6A wall on Gilmore featuring Serak (top), Fleo (middle) and Oser (bottom)
K6A portion of the building, featuring
Serak (top),
Fleo (middle) and
Dodo Osé (bottom).
Earth Crusher on Gilmore
Earth Crusher
AG Crew mural on Gilmore
AG Crew
The AG Crew’s Senck And Snipes at the Cabot x Gilmore walls
The 2018 edition of the above wall by the
AG Crew.
123Klan graffiti mural on Gilmore in the South West
123Klan‘s Scien (left) and Klor (right).
Unknown artist on Gilmore
Unidentified artist.
Lith and Fezat on Gilmore in the South West
Lith and
Fezat from the Crazy Apes.
Guko mural on Gilmore
Guko
Oreks, Some at the Cabot x Gilmore walls
Oreks at the top and
Some at the bottom.
Soma (top), Beast (middle) and tribute to Dock (bottom) on Gilmore
Soma (top),
Beast (middle) and tribute to Dock (bottom).
side and back walls
The side and back walls are covered in more unofficial work.
Les murs latéraux et de derrière sont recouvert d’oeuvres moins officielles.
Jaber on back of building on Cabot
Jaber
Fonki on back of legal graffiti building on Cabot
Fonki
Snipe and Senck on back of building on Cabot
Art Gang‘s Snipe and Senck.
Axe (left), Smak (bottom right) and Pito (top) on Cabot
Axe (left),
Smak (bottom right) and what’s left of
Pito (top).
AG Crew on back of building on Cabot
AG Crew
Serack and Sewk on the back of a Cabot industrial building
Serak (top) and
Sewk (bottom).
unidentified artist on the back of a Cabot industrial building
Unidentified artist.
Zonek on truck parked behind building on Cabot; photo © Guillaume Couture
Zonek on truck,
Senck and the bottom, Sore at the top edge of building. Other writers are unidentified. Photo © Guillaume Couture.
Sore, AG Crew on back of building on Cabot and on truck
AG Crew on truck, Sore at the top edge of building.
Someone from KP10 on back of building on Cabot
Unidentified artist (bottom left),
Jaber (bottom right) and someone from the KP10s (top).
Senk on back of building on Cabot
Senk (bottom right),
Snipes (partial on the left) and unidentified artists.
Otak on back of building on Cabot
Otak
unknown artist on side of building on Cabot
Unidentified artist.
nearby on Eadie
3-wall mural by Tha Plash on Eadie (2/3 wall visible in this photo)
3-wall mural by ThaPhlash on Eadie (only first two walls visible in this shot, see below).
3-wall mural by Tha Phlash on Eadie (2/3 wall visible in this photo)
3-wall mural by ThaPhlash on Eadie (only last two walls visible in this shot, see above).
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