This article features the new murals created during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival as well as the other temporary art found on the site (St-Laurent between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal) while it was closed to traffic. Missing is the mural planned by XRAY which was cancelled because of miscommunications with the owner of the wall originally assigned to the artist.
Only four earlier Festival murals have been replaced with new ones this year. These are the sponsored one by Kashink and the 123Klan mural from the 2014 edition, as well as the Omen and Caron murals from the 2013 edition. Last year’s RR & DB wheatpaste mural has since been destroyed by rain and winter; the space was therefore already ready for something new. The Cyrcle mural from 2014 is also gone, that wall had to be rebuilt and it was not yet ready to be covered with a new mural.
You may want to check out this walking tour which I have put together: starting from ‘mural central’ behind the LNDMRK offices, up St-Dominique and the eastern side of St-Laurent then down Clark and the western side of St-Laurent.
See also: Google’s Street Art Project feature on the Mural Festival.
Cet article présente les nouvelles murales créées dans le cadre de l’édition 2015 du Festival Mural ainsi que les oeuvres temporaires trouvées sur le site (St-Laurent entre Sherbrooke et Mont-Royal). Il ne manque que la murale de XRAY qui n’a pas été produite suite à une confusion concernant la disponibilité du mur réservé pour cet artiste.
Seulement 4 murales ont été remplacées par de nouvelles cette année: celles de Kashink et du 123 Klan produites dans le cadre de l’édition 2014 ainsi que celles d’Omen et de Caron datant de l’édition 2013. La murale avec collage par RR & DB datant de l’an dernier était déjà détruite par la pluie et l’hiver. Cet espace était donc déjà disponible pour recevoir une nouvelle oeuvre. La murale de Cyrcle produite l’année dernière est aussi disparue, mais elle n’a pas été remplacée, le mur étant en cours de réparation.
Vous pourriez être intéressé par ce tour pédestre que j’ai créé: débutant à la ‘place des murales’ derrière les bureaux de LNDMRK, ensuite vers le nord le long de St-Dominique et le côté est de St-Laurent, puis vers le sud le long de Clark et le côté ouest de St-Laurent.
A voir aussi: expo sur le Festival Mural par le Google Street Art Project.
The walls / les murs
Bicicleta Sem Freio’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Bicicleta Sem Freio
Nychos’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Nychos
2Alas’ contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
2Alas
Monk.e’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Monk.e
Axel Void’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Axel Void
One of the 2 Astro contributions to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Astro (wall 1/2).
One of the 2 Astro contributions to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Astro (wall 2/2).
Benny Wilding’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Benny Wilding
Jaz’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Jaz
Melissa Del Pinto’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Melissa Del Pinto
Earth Crusher’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Earth Crusher for
Ashop
MC Baldassari’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
MC Baldassari
Opire and Bonar’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Opire and
Bonar
Elian’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Elian
Curiot’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Curiot
Eric Clement’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Eric Clément
4-Tin’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
4-Tin
Faith 47’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Faith47
Jarus’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Jarus; visible at the bottom are throw-ups by Hirok and House, done with the blessing of the artist to remind people of the roots of street art as well as to prevent taggers from using that space.
One of the two C215 contributions to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
A wheatpaste by
C-215.
C215 wheatpaste for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival; photo © PiaMTL
A wheatpaste by
C-215; photo © PiaMTL.
Caratoes’s unofficial contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Caratoes (semi-official contribution) behind the LNDMRK offices.
Mathieu Connery sidewalk pieces
Mathieu Connery has been painting his abstract pieces on the sidewalks of St-Laurent since the first edition of Mural Festival. This year he came up with two new pieces and restored a few of the ones from last year which had faded. Then, over the weeks following the end of the festival, he transformed a few of the fading 2014 creations.
Mathieu Connery a peint un certain nombre de pièces abstraites sur les trottoirs de St-Laurent pour chaque édition du Festival Mural. Cette année il a créé deux nouvelles pièces et rafraichit certaines de l’an dernier qui étaient en voie de disparaitre. Dans les semaines qui ont suivi la tenue du festival, il a adapté quelques pièces de 2014 qui étaient en voie de disparaître.
Mathieu Connery on St-Laurent for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
2015 creation
Mathieu Connery for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
2015 creation
Mathieu Connery piece on St-Laurent sidewalk
2015 re-interpretation of a fading 2014 creation.
Mathieu Connery piece on St-Laurent sidewalk
2015 re-interpretation of a fading 2014 creation.
Information boards / panneaux info
A number of (mostly) local artists covered the backs of the festival’s information boards with their art. These information boards were found interspersed at regular intervals between Mont-Royal and Sherbrooke.
Des artistes en grande majorité de Montréal ont recouvert le revers des panneaux d’information du festival avec leur art. Ces panneaux étaient positionnés ici et là le long du site, entre Mont-Royal et Sherbrooke.
Waxhead on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Waxhead
Alex Produkt on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Alex Produkt
Stela on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Stela
Lulu107 on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Lulu107
Didi aka Diana Contreras on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Didi aka
Diana Contreras
Amanda Valdes on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Amanda Valdes
Cryote (at the time in the Wzrds Gng) on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Cryote, at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.
The Wzrds Gng’s Gives on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Gives
The Wzrds Gng on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
WZRDS GNG
The Wzrds Gng on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
WZRDS GNG
Grimjob69 on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Grimjob69 aka Michael Shantz
The Wzrds Gng’s Ru on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Someone from the
WZRDS GNG.
Vicky Filiault on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Vicky Filiault
Sake throw up on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Sake
The Stadium Art Movement on the back of an information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Stadium Art Movement aka Jonathan Himsworth.
Installations, etc.
Rest area painted by Beeforeo for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
The rest area this year was painted by
Beeforeo aka Bfour.
Waxhead installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Waxhead, angle 1/3.
Waxhead installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Waxhead, angle 2/3.
Waxhead installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Waxhead, angle 3/3.
Oram79 installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Oram 79
Isaac Holland installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Isaac Holland side 1/2.
Isaac Holland installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Isaac Holland side 2/2.
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
IAmBatman installation for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
IAmBatman
Work-in-progress by Fonki during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
A work-in-progress by
Fonki.
Work-in-progress by Chris Dyer during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
A work-in-progress by
Chris Dyer.
Horse painted by Chris Dyer for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
A hand-painted horse by
Chris Dyer.
Bus painted by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Bus painted by
Bryan Beyung and
Five Eight (side 1/2).
Bus painted by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival
Bus painted by
Bryan Beyung and
Five Eight (side 2/2).