New street art June-July 2015

This post features works which appeared in the streets of Montreal in June and the first week of July 2015 (and that I was lucky enough to catch, of course). Our artists have been very busy and a lot of others were in town for Mural Festival, so this post is another big one! Graffiti was left out, there’s so much of it that it deserves its own separate post.

Cet article présente des oeuvres apparues dans les rues de Montréal en juin et pendant la première semaine de juillet 2015 (ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver, bien sur). Nos artistes ont été très occupés et plusieurs autres de l’extérieur étaient en ville pour le Festival Mural, cet article est donc très chargé! Les pièces de graffiti seront traitées dans un article séparé.

painted and drawn

Earth Crusher in St-Henri

Earth Crusher for K6A in St-Henri.

Monk.e in St-Henri

Monk.e for K6A in St-Henri (next to above).

Unidentified artist for K6A in St-Henri

Unidentified artist for K6A in St-Henri (next to above).

Axe in Old Montreal

Axe for K6A in Old Montreal.

SBU One in Old Montreal

SBU One in Old Montreal (next to above).

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal (next to above).

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal (next to above).

unidentified artist in Old Montreal (close-up)

This is a close-up of the piece shown in the image above. Click image to see details of this piece’s incredible texture.

Tava piece in Little Italy

Tava in Little Italy.

Astro on container in Plateau park

Astro on container in a Plateau park (other sides below).

Astro on container in Plateau park

Astro on container in a Plateau park (other sides above and below).

Astro on container in Plateau park

Astro on one end of a container in a Plateau park (other sides above and below).

Astro on container in Plateau park

Astro on one end of a container in a Plateau park (other sides above).

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga.

Mono Sourcil in the Plateau

Mono Sourcil in the Plateau.

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga.

Chris Dyer (left), Peru143 aka Peru Dyer (top right) and MSHL (bottom right), in the Plateau

The Chris Dyer piece (left) done last month for Chromatic 2015 has since been ‘extended’ with contributions from his brother Peru143 (top right) and MSHL (bottom right).

Plus3 (blue character) and Fase 6 (door and letter piece)

Around the corner from the above is a contribution by Plus3 (blue character) and Fase 6 (door and letter piece).

George Blott (painted) and Lovebot (wheatpaste) in upper Plateau

Same location as above, George S Blott piece wrapped around an older Lovebot wheatpaste on the building’s chimney.

Benny Wilding and Hsix in the Plateau

Benny Wilding with Hsix (Gilles Duceppe – 3 blue face characters) in the Plateau.

Mathieu Connery piece on St-Laurent sidewalk

New Mathieu Connery piece over an old one from last year’s Mural Festival.

Mathieu Connery piece on St-Laurent sidewalk

Another new Mathieu Connery piece over an old one from last year’s Mural Festival.

Mnge Le Krak on Rachel; also visible on door are wheatpastes by Miss Me and Kafka, and lots of stickers

MngeLeKrak on Rachel. Also visible on the door are wheatpastes by Miss Me and Kafka, and lots of stickers.

MSHL in Pointe St-Charles near the PSC legal graffiti wall

MSHL near the PSC legal graffiti wall in Pointe St-Charles.

Lovebot (right) and perhaps Grominator (left) on St-Marc; photo © PiaMTL

Lovebot (right) and presumably Grominator (left) on St-Marc. The Lovebot portion was vandalised before I could photograph this wall, so I’m showing this photo © PiaMTL.

Ali piece on ground in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Mandala piece by Ali on the ground in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Mr Chose at Rouen tunnel legal graffiti wall

Mr Chose is taking over the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen, literally.

Mr Chose on bin at Rouen tunnel legal graffiti wall

Mr Chose on bin at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

El Moot Moot on Plateau house

El Moot Moot on front of a Plateau house.

Timmy Drift aka Tim Skynz (left) and Swarm (right) on parked train in Petite Patrie

Timmy Drift (left) and Swarm (right) on a parked train in Petite Patrie.

painted sidewalks on de Castelnau

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

painted sidewalks on de Castelnau

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

painted sidewalks on de Castelnau

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

Fasi (left) and Naia (right) beneath expressway

Fasi (left) and Naia (right) beneath expressway.

Jmoe’s Phantom Cat in the Plateau

Many new occurrences of the Phantom Cat by Jmoe have popped up here and there in central Montreal.

Jmoe’s Phantom Cat

One more by the Phantom Cat aka Jmoe.

unidentified artist

This is actually from slightly earlier than the period covered within this blog post, but I thought it was a one-off joke until I found more. Artist unknown.

unidentified artist

More by the above unidentified artist.

wheatpastes

Huge wheatpastes by Stikki Peaches

A giant new piece by Stikki Peaches in the fashion district.

Stikki Peaches and Dain collaboration wheatpaste in Plateau End

Stikki Peaches with Dain from NYC in Plateau/Mile End.

Turtle Caps wheatpastes

Turtle Caps is back in action. The piece on the left appears to be new, at least for Montreal, while the other one is not. Many other previously seen designs by this artist have been pasted around the Plateau and Mile End in the same week.

Miss Me (left) and Turtle Caps (right) wheatpastes in Mile End

Finally some new Miss Me, with Turtle Caps in Mile End.

Enzo Sarto and Jilly Ballistic poster in alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Poster by Enzo Sarto and Jilly Ballistic in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Le Renard Fou wheatpastes

Le Renard Fou

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste

More from Le Renard Fou that did not make it into my previous post.

Lovebot wheatpaste

Lovebot wheatpaste which has probably been pasted in Toronto, but this was new for Montreal.

huge poster by Chat Perdu

A huge poster by Chat Perdu. Sorry, this is hard to do justice in a photo; click on image to view bigger.

poster by Chat Perdu

Poster by Chat Perdu.

Madame Gilles poster

Poster by Madame Gilles.

paste-up by Swarm and sticker on the left by Loks

Large paste-up version of a previously seen sticker by Swarm. Also visible on its left is a new sticker by Loks.

paste-up by Swarm (stars) and sticker by Clovis

Paste-up by Swarm. Other variations have been found. Also visible in this shot is a slightly older sticker by Clovis.

small paste-up by Starkey

New ‘dripping’ version of a paste-up by Starkey.

small wheatpaste by unidentified artist

Paste-up by an unidentified artist.

wood-ups, wood cut-outs

Large wood cut-out by XRAY for MTL En Arts festival 2015

Huge wood cut-out created by XRAY for the MTL En Arts event. This piece was interactive as people would mount the skateboard to be photographed as if they were being pulled by the revving ship.

Wood-up combo by Starkey (top), anonymous (middle left), Waxhead (middle right), Kind (bottom left) and IAmBatman (bottom right)

Collective wood-up featuring Starkey‘s Wabbit (top), anonymous (middle left), Waxhead (middle right), Kind (bottom left) and IAmBatman (bottom right)

wood-up by Starkey

At the speed rabbits reproduce, it’s no surprise that Starkey‘s Wabbits are evolving.

wood-up by Starkey

Another one by Starkey, this one in alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

wood piece by unidentified artist

Unidentified artist over wooden piece.

Garbage Beauty

July 1st is moving day in Montreal, which means a lot of old furniture is left on the sidewalks and a lot more opportunities there are for Garbage Beauty to do their thing. Below is just a small fraction of what they did in our streets in the past few weeks. Their best work does not remain outside very long before it gets picked up and given a new home (or the same home from whence it came!).

Le 1er juillet est jour de déménagement à Montréal, donc beaucoup de vieux meubles se retrouvent sur les trottoirs et deviennent des canevas pour Garbage Beauty. Seulement une infime fraction de ce que Garbage Beauty a fait au cours des dernières semaines est présenté ici. Le meilleur de leur travail ne reste pas sur les trottoirs très longtemps avant d’être récupéré par de nouveaux (et parfois les anciens) propriétaires.

Garbage Beauty in Hochelaga

stencils

stencil by unidentified artist in St-Henri

Unidentified artist in St-Henri.

stencil by unidentified artist in St-Henri

Unidentified artist in St-Henri.

stickers

Futur Lasor Now sticker

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now sticker

Futur Lasor Now

ROC514 sticker

ROC514