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Montreal Hippodrome – main building

2018/06/26 Art-hound 1 Comment

Unlike its various stables, the main building of the Montreal Hippodrome was accessible to graffers and urban explorers only for about 3 to 4 weeks in March 2018. Prior to that the spot was kept off-limits by security, and after that the whole site was fenced in ahead of the planned demolition.

Only a selection of what I have photographed is presented here. For clarity’s sake I am showing only the more elaborate pieces. What was created on the last sunday before the fence went up is missing from the retrospective below as I was unable to get back inside to photograph it.

bleachers, upper deck

Montreal Hippodrome, main view of the upper deck

General view of the main building’s upper deck.

the back row

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Scribe at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Scribe

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Sewk at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sewk

Deep at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deep

Tans at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Tans

Bloei at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Bloei

REsno at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Resno

Sker at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sker

Sapoe at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sapoe

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Lozek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Lozek

the middle row

Yema at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Yema

Resok at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Resok

Myrage at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Myrage

Sewk at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sewk

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Sewk at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sewk

Serum at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Serum

Owk at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Owk

Algue

Sekel at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sekel

Nor at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Nor

the access corridors

Fokus at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Fokus

Daym at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Daym

Wase(?) at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Wase?

Deaf at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deaf

Ason at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ason

bleachers, lower deck

There wasn’t much wall space on the lower deck, hence very little graffiti was done here.

Il y avait très peu d’espace mural à la galerie inférieure, donc très peu d’oeuvres y ont été créées.

Eskro at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Eskro

Algue

Serum at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Serum

bar/restaurant deck

The Western half of the main building had a bar/restaurant area with view over the tracks. Instead of bleachers, this section had counters and tables for patrons to eat, drink and mingle.

L’aile ouest de l’édifice principal incluait un bar/resto avec vue sur la piste de course. Au lieu de sièges, cette section était composée de comptoirs et tables pour que les clients puissent manger, boire et socialiser.

Eskro at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Eskro

Lyfer at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Lyfer

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Micer at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Micer

Deep at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deep

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Kbron at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Kbron

Noper at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Noper

Psycho at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Psycho

Rescue at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Rescue

Sapoe at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sapoe

various rooms, offices, etc

Algue at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Algue

Ason at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ason

Jevx at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Javx

Leys at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Leys

Eskro at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Eskro

Pask at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Pask

Bosny at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Bosny

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Myrage at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Myrage

Myrage at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Myrage

Nybar at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Nybar

staircases

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Fokus at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Fokus

Sker at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sker

corridors

Eskro at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Eskro

Scribe at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Scribe

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Scribe at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Scribe

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Scribe at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Scribe

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok

Sewk at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sewk

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Nor at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Nor

Algue at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Algue

Myrage at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Myrage

Naimo in the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Naimo

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Arek at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Arek

Royal at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Royal

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Borrris at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Borrris

Gnar at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Gnar

Deaf at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deaf

Deep at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deep

Noper at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Noper

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Fokus at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Fokus

Fokus at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Fokus

Flesh at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Flesh

G.nius at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

G.nius

Kbron at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Kbron

Neak at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Neak

Noper at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Noper

Psycho at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Psycho

on the roof

Ekes and Algue representing 203 at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Algue and Ekes representing the 203 crew.

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Lyfer on the roof of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Lyfer

Sapoe at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Sapoe

Ason at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ason

Deep at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Deep

outside

Lyfer at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome; also visible above is Snob

Lyfer, with tag from Snob top right.

Ekes at the Montreal Hippodrome’s abandoned main building

Ekes

Top 200 graffiti pieces of 2017

Gallery 2018/01/01 Art-hound Leave a comment

This image gallery brings together 200 of the best pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2017. I painstakingly trimmed down a first list of about 1500 pieces to the 200 seen below. I meant to bring it down to 100 but was unable, too much great work would have been left out. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

It was already difficult selecting 200 pieces, it was impossible to sort them in order of preference, so they are shown here in alphabetical order. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular writers, I have set a maximum of 4 pieces per artist. Collaborations by two or more artists under one common theme count as one entry (which means that I managed to cheat my way into actually including a bit more than 200 pieces!). Multi-artist creations, including quite a few tributes to Scaner, are found at the end of the list.

See also (to be published within 1-2 days):
– Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017
– Top 75 pasted street art of 2017

Cette galerie-photo présente 200 des meilleures pièces de graffiti produites en 2017 à Montréal. Une première sélection de plus de 1500 pièces a graduellement, et avec beaucoup de peine, été réduite aux 200 pièces présentées ci-dessous. J’avais l’intention de la réduire à 100, mais ce n’était pas possible, un trop grand nombre d’excellentes pièces auraient été absentes. La sélection inclut mes pièces préférées mais surtout celles des gens qui me suivent sur Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2017 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

C’était déjà assez difficile de choisir 200 pièces, je n’ai pas été en mesure de les présenter en ordre de préférence et elles apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique. Pour que cette liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques graffeurs populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 4 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée (j’ai ainsi réussi à inclure quelques pièces de plus!). Les collaborations à plusieurs, incluant plusieurs hommages à Scaner, se trouvent à la fin de la liste.

Voir aussi (à être publiés dans 1-2 jours):
– Top 100 murales et autres pièces de street art peint de 2017
– Top 75 collages street art de 2017

123Klan wall for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure

123Klan‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Letter pieces are by Scien and Klor at ground level, with their son Aiik above.

123Klan’s Aiik in Rosemont

123Klan’s Scien in Rosemont

123Klan’s Klor in Rosemont

Above three: 123Klan session in Rosemont, featuring Aiik (top), Scien (middle) and Klor (bottom).

123Klan’s Scien at the PSC legal graffiti wall

123Klan‘s Scien at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for more by Scien under ‘Persue’ down this list.

203 crew wall for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure. The 203 Invader with the munchies by Opire and the one with the giggles by Arnold and Borrris. The top letters – actually numbers – are by Naimo, the ground ones by Ekes and all the wraparound is by Lyfer and Ekes plus probably a few more 203s…

203 crew’s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Opire, Borrris, Arnold, Lyfer, Ekes and Naimo. Scroll down this list for solo and duo pieces by the latter three writers. Borrris, Arnold and Opire have also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

N2N wall for the Festival de Canes, featuring Acek, Janek, Arose and Nerv

The N2N wall from the Festival de Canes in Longueuil, supervised by Acek, featuring Acek, Janek, Arose and Nerv. Scroll down for more Acek below under ‘Lyfer’, and more Janek under his own name.

Agens at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Agens at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ankh One in Rosemont

Ankh One in Rosemont. He has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Apashe in Rosemont

Apashe in Rosemont.

Apashe in Rosemont

Apashe in Rosemont.

Apashe from a 123Klan prod in the Plateau

Apashe from a 123Klan production in the Plateau.

Tribute to Scaner produced by Art Gang, presumably by Snipes and Stare

Above two photos: Art Gang‘s Senck and Snipes tribute to Scaner above their St-Laurent store, over two walls. This was designed by Scaner himself.

Art Gang’s Senck in Côte des Neiges

Art Gang’s Snipes in Côte des Neiges

Above two photos: Art Gang‘s Senck (top) and Snipes (bottom) from one of their productions in Côte des Neiges.

Ason, with Vogue above for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure

Ason‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, with guest Voguer above. Scroll down for more by those two under ‘Voguer’ below.

Awe in St-Henri

Awe‘s part in the production he supervised in St-Henri, one of the great prods of this year.

Awe in the Plateau

Awe‘s part in a Plateau production. Scroll down for more by Awe under ‘Zek’.

Axe (top letters and figurative) and Jaber (ground letters) for the Time Is Gold production

Smak from the Time Is Gold production

Zek’s part in the Time Is Gold production

Axe for the Time Is Gold production

Above 4 photos: one of the walls of the Time Is Gold production, Scaner‘s last before he passed away. It is impossible to photograph it in one shot, so the first photo above shows Axe Lalime (top letters and figurative) and Jaber (bottom letters), the second one is Smak‘s part, the third one is by Zek‘s and the last one is King the squirrel by Axe Lalime. Scroll down this list for more by Jaber, Smak and Zek in solo and collaborations.

Axe piece in St-Henri

Axe Lalime‘s letters from a big prod in St-Henri supervised by Awe. Scroll down for more Axe below under ‘Zek’ and in the multi-artists tributes at the end of the list. Axe has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Bosny at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Bosny at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Jaker (top), Legal (middle) and Johste (ground) contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

BTH crew’s contribution to Scan You Rock featuring Jaker, Legal and Johste. Scroll down for more by these three guys in solo.

tribute to Jays by Jaker, Peace and Legal, from the Time Is Gold production

BTH crew’s contribution to Time Is Gold, featuring Jaker, Peace and Legal. Scroll down for more by Jaker and Legal in solo.

Tribute to Scaner by Casper in Hochelaga. Also visible above is Amonizer

Casper’s tribute to Scaner, in Hochelaga. Also visible above is Amonizer.

Cemz on a long tribute wall to Scaner also involving Stare and Zek

Completed at the very end of the year, this is Cemz‘s letters segment on a long tribute to Scaner also involving Stare and Zek (not pictured here).

Cemz in Côte des Neiges

Cemz‘s part in an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges. Scroll down for more Cemz under ‘Five Eight’ below, and as Benny Wilding in a tribute to Scaner at the end of this list. He has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017 (as Benny Wilding).

Clark in the Plateau

Clark in a Plateau alley.

Crane in Rosemont

Royal in Rosemont

Korb in Rosemont

Above 3 photos: a session in Rosemont featuring Crane (top), Royal (middle) and Korb (bottom). Scroll down for more by Crane and Korb under ‘Crazy Apes’ (next) and more solo work by Korb and Royal under their respective names. Korb has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Crazy Apes wall at Festival de Canes featuring Fezat and Narc on central character, in the middle of letters by Lith, Crane, Korb and Akuma

Crazy Apes‘ wall for the Festival de Canes in Longueuil, featuring Fezat and Narc on central character, with letters by Lith (top left), Crane (ground left), Korb (top right) and Akuma (ground right). Scroll up above for more by Crane and Korb. Scroll down for solo work by Korb and Narc under their respective names.

Debza from an Art Gang production in Côte des Neiges

Debza from an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges.

Debza piece in Rosemont

Debza in Rosemont.

Debza for the Festival de Canes in Longueuil

Debza‘s contribution to the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Debza at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Debza at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Dfek and Kasp in the Plateau

Dfek (mostly top) and Kasp (mostly bottom), in the Plateau.

Dfek at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Dfek at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Disek in Hochelaga

Disek in Hochelaga.

Dodo (bottom) and Fleo (top) in the Plateau

Dodo Osé (ground) and Fleo (top, over 2 surfaces) from the RDV prod curated by Axe Lalime. Scroll down for more by Fleo in solo under his own name and in a collaboration with Monk.e. Dodo and Fleo have also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Dodo in St-Henri

Dodo Osé‘s part in a St-Henri prod supervised by Awe.

Dodo Osé at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Dodo Osé at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for more by Dodo under ‘Monk.e’ below.

Durs in an abandoned building

Durs in an abandoned Mile End building.

EK Sept (top) and Fokus (bottom) in Hochelaga

EK Sept (top) and Fokus (ground) collab in Hochelaga. Scroll down for more solo work by Fokus below under his name.

EK Sept in Rosemont

EK Sept in Rosemont.

Ekes at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Ekes at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Ekes at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Ekes at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more Ekes under ‘203’ and down under ‘Lyfer’.

Ekler piece on train wagon

Ekler on train side.

EKO at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Eko at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Eskae in the upper Plateau

Eskae in upper Plateau.

Eskae in Rosemont

Eskae in Rosemont.

Eskro at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Eskro at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Eskro in Rosemont

Eskro in Rosemont.

Eskro in Rosemont

Eskro in Rosemont.

Eskro in an abandoned building

Eskro in an abandoned building.

F.One in Rosemont

F.One in Rosemont.

F.One at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

F.One at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Face in Rosemont

Face in Rosemont.

Five Eight piece in Rosemont

Five Eight in Rosemont.

Five Eight (left) and Cemz (right) on a A’Shop wall in Hochelaga

Five Eight (ground left) and Cemz (ground right) on A’Shop‘s wall in Hochelaga. Scroll up for some solo Cemz under his name. He also contributed to a Scaner tribute as ‘Benny Wilding’ (scroll to the near end of this list). Cemz has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017 (as Benny Wilding).

truck side by Fleo

Fleo‘s tribute to Scaner on this truck side. Done during the 2017 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival.

Fleo in Griffintown

Fleo in the South West. Scroll for more Fleo above under ‘Dodo Osé’ and below under ‘Monk.e’. Fleo has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017 (under ‘K6A’).

Fler at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Fler at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Fokus on a Hochelaga garage door

Fokus on a Hochelaga garage door.

Fokus at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Fokus at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Folus (letters) and Seork (monkey) at the Rouen legal graffiti wall

Fokus (letters) and Seork (monkey) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Scroll up for more Fokus above under ‘EK Sept’.

Fuser in Rosemont

Fuser in Rosemont.

Gaulois at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Bopor at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Above two: Gaulois (top) and Bopor (bottom) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Gaulois for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure

Bopor for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure

Above two: Gaulois (top) and Bopor (bottom) contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Off-Under Pressure work by Germ in the Quartier des Spectacles

Germ‘s piece done off-Under Pressure festival.

Haks (letters) and Monster Mash (figurative) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Haks (letters) and Monster Mash (character) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Haks on Mile-Ex garage Door

Haks on Mile-Ex garage door for Art Gang’s Project-Ex.

Hater in central Montreal alley

Hater in central Montreal alley.

Heks at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Heks at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Hest in a Plateau alley

This year saw the return in action of Hest. This piece for Chris Dyer’s Akira Alley prod was the one that got the ball rolling again.

Hest in Rosemont

Hest in Rosemont.

Hest at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Hest at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Hoacs’ contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

NYC’s Hoacs visited us in April and in September this year. This is his contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Hoacs in upper Plateau

Hoacs in the upper Plateau.

Hoacs in a Hochelaga alley

Hoacs in a Hochelaga alley.

Hoacs

Hoacs‘ contribution to Time Is Gold prod.

Hoar at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Hoar at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome. He has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017 (under ‘Kor’).

Hsix in St-Henri

Zek piece in St-Henri, part of a K6A jam

Above two: Hsix (top) and Zek (bottom) for Awe’s prod in St-Henri. Scroll down for more by Zek under his own name and scroll up for a collaboration under ‘Axe Lalime’. Hsix has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Jaber from the Time Is Gold production

One of Jaber‘s contributions to the Time Is Gold production. Scroll up to ‘Axe Lalime’ for the other one.

Jaker in Rosemont

Jaker in Rosemont.

Jaker at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Jaker at the Papineau legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more Jaker above under ‘BTH crew’.

Janek in a central Montreal alley

Janek piece done off-Muralfest in a central Montreal back alley. Scroll up to ‘Acek’ above for more by Janek in a collaboration with his N2N mates.

Jaws at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Jaws at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Johste at Plaza Walls

Johste at Plaza Walls.

Tributes to Scaner by Johste (ground level) and Joek One (above), from the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam

Johste (ground) and Joek (top) joint tribute to Scaner for the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll up to ‘BTH crew’ above for more by Johste.

Tribute to Scaner by Kane at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Kane‘s tribute to Scaner at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Kemr’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

Kems‘ contribution to Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Kems at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Kems wearing his best chrome at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Kems in Côte des Neiges

Kems‘s part in an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges.

Killa EF on the Gonzo Café wall

Killa EF‘s fiery piece on this great Plateau wall.

Koal at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Koal at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

tribute to Scaner by Korb on truck side, done for the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop

Korb‘s truck side on this rolling Crazy Apes tribute to Scaner. The opposite side by Narc also made this list, scroll down to view.

Korb at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Korb at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome. Scroll up for more Korb above under ‘Crane’ and under ‘Crazy Apes’. Korb has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Legal in St-Henri

Legal at an abandoned industrial spot. Scroll up for more Legal above under ‘BTH crew’. There’s also more Legal below under ‘Smak’.

Lobs in St-Henri

Lobs at an abandoned industrial spot.

Lobs at Plaza Walls

Lobs in Petite-Patrie.

Lobs in upper Plateau

Lobs in upper Plateau.

Robe/Fore in Mile End

Los Keos in Mile End.

Keos’s wall for Festival de Canes

Los Keos‘ contribution to the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Lyfer (left) and Ekes (right) wall in the Plateau

Lyfer and Ekes in the Plateau. Scroll up for more by those two under ‘203’. There’s also more Ekes in solo under his own name.

Lyfer in Hochelaga

Lyfer in Hochelaga.

Lyfer, Acek and Algue

Lyfer, Acek and Algue triptych. See below for close-ups of each individual piece.

Lyfer

Close-up on Lyfer‘s part in the above triptych with Acek and Algue.

Acek

Close-up on Acek‘s part in the above triptych with Lyfer and Algue. Scroll up to ‘Acek’ for more by the latter writer.

Algue

Close-up on Algue‘s part in the above triptych with Acek and Lyfer.

Meor in a central Montreal alley

Meor in a central Montreal back alley.

UNC wall for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure featuring Meor, Baesr, Getso, Rock and Mine

Meor, Baesr, Getso, Rock and Mine’s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Mersh from the Time Is Gold production

Mersh‘s contribution to Time Is Gold. Scroll down to the multi-artist tributes to Scaner near the end of this list for more by Mersh.

Micer (left) and Kbron (right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

Micer (left) and Kbron (right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Monk.e from a K6A jam in St-Henri

Monk.e from a St-Henri prod curated by Awe.

Monk.e piece in St-Henri

Monk.e in St-Henri. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here.

Monk.e, Fleo and Dodo Osé on K6A’s wall for the Gatos Callejeros production

Monk.e, Fleo and Dodo Osé for the Alleycats prod in Rosemont. Scroll up for more solo work by Fleo and Dodo Osé under their respective names. All three artists have also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Monk.e on letters and Rouks on woman, in Rosemont

Monk.e on letters and Rouks on characters, in Rosemont. Rouks’ part made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Myrage in Rosemont

Myrage in Rosemont.

Myrage in an abandoned building

Giant Myrage piece found in an abandoned building.

Naimo at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Naimo at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Naimo at the Rouen legal graffiti wall

Naimo at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Naimo and Snok collaboration in the Plateau

Naimo and Snok collaboration in the Plateau. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here. Scroll up to ‘203’ for more by Naimo. Scroll down for some solo Snok under his own name.

tribute to Scaner by Narc for the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop

Narc‘s truck side on this rolling Crazy Apes tribute to Scaner. The opposite side by Korb also made this list, scroll up to view.

Narc in Rosemont

Narc in Rosemont.

Narc in Rosemont

Narc in Rosemont. Scroll up for more by Narc under ‘Crazy Apes’.

Nybar on a Plateau house awaiting demolition

Nybar in the Plateau.

Pask in Hochelaga

Pask in a Hochelaga alley.

Pask in a Hochelaga alley

Pask‘s contribution to the Time Is Gold prod.

Pedro Amos in a central Montreal alley

Pedro Amos in a central Montreal alley.

Pedro Amos at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Pedro Amos at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Persue on a central Montreal alley

Persue‘s part in an Art Gang/123Klan prod off St-Laurent. The penguin is actually by 123Klan‘s Scien.

Peyo aka Yope in Rosemont

Liza in Rosemont

Above 2 photos: Peyo (top) and Liza (bottom) in Rosemont.

Peyo aka Yope at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Liza at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Peack at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Above three: Peyo (top), Liza (middle) and Peack (bottom) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Peyo aka Yope from a 123Klan prod in the Plateau

Liza from a 123Klan prod in the Plateau

Above 2 photos: Peyo (top) and Liza (bottom) from a 123Klan prod in the Plateau.

Pito’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

Pito‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Raes in Rosemont

Raes in Rosemont.

Rask in upper Plateau

Rask in upper Plateau.

Resok in Rosemont

Resok in Rosemont.

Resok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

Resok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rizek in Rosemont

Risek in Rosemont.

Roachi’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

Roachi‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Royal at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Royal at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more by Royal under ‘Crane’.

Ruste at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Ruste at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ruste in Rosemont

Ruste in Rosemont. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here.

Scaner in Hochelaga

Scaner in a Hochelaga alley.

Scaner in upper Plateau

Scaner outside his studio space.

Scaner’s part in the Scan You Rock jam celebrating him

Scaner‘s contribution to Scan You Rock, the production put together in his honour after it was announced he hadn’t much time left.

Scaner in the Plateau

Scaner from the RDV prod curated by Axe Lalime. Scroll down to the end of this list for a few unfinished pieces by Scaner, and many multi-artist tributes to him.

Sceak in Rosemont

Sceak in Rosemont.

Scribe letters/figurative piece in a Rosemont back alley

Scribe‘s part in a private Rosemont back space.

Scribe on letters, Tchug on central character and Corey Bulpitt on native motifs, for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival

Scribe and Tchug‘s joint contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll down to the near-end of this list for more by Tchug in a multi-artist collaboration.

Scribe in Hochelaga

Scribe in a Hochelaga back alley.

Scribe at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Scribe at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scribe has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Seacrit in Mile End

Seacrit in a Mile End back alley.

Sekel on an abandoned Plateau house

Sekel on an abandoned house in the Plateau.

Serack in St-Henri

Serak’s part in a St-Henri prod curated by Awe.

Serack downtown Montreal

Serak reclaimed this great spot in Montreal’s highwayland.

Serak from the Time Is Gold production

Serak’s contribution to Time Is Gold. Serak has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017 (under ‘K6A’).

Serum in Rosemont

Serum in Rosemont.

Serum at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Serum at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Serum at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Serum at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

SewK’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

Sewk‘s contribution to Scan You Rock.

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Shok in Rosemont

Shok in Rosemont.

Shok in Rosemont

Shok in Rosemont.

Shok from the Time Is Gold production

Shok‘s contribution to Time Is Gold.

Sider on an abandoned Ahuntsic building

Sider on an abandoned building in Ahuntsic.

Sider in Rosemont

Sider in Rosemont.

Skam in Rosemont

Skam in Rosemont.

Skor at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Skor at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Skor at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Skor at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Skor’s piece for the Scan You Rock jam

Skor‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock prod.

Skor in Rosemont

Skor in Rosemont.

Smak in Côte des Neiges

Smak from an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges. Scroll up for more by Smak under ‘Axe Lalime’.

Smak in Rosemont

Legal in Rosemont

Above 2 photos: Smak (top) and Legal (bottom) in Rosemont. Scroll up for some solo work by Legal under his name, and some collaborations under ‘BTH crew’.

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more by Snok under ‘Naimo’.

Snok (top) and Yema (bottom) for the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam

Snok (top) and Yema (ground) from the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Soten (letters) and Harry Bones (character) in upper Plateau

Soten (letters) and Harry Bones (character) in upper Plateau. Harry Bones has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Soten in Rosemont

Soten in Rosemont.

Soten in Hochelaga

Soten in a Hochelaga alley.

Soten from the Time Is Gold production

Soten‘s contribution to the Time Is Gold production.

Stare in the Plateau

Stare in upper Plateau.

Stare piece in Hochelaga

Stare in a Hochelaga alley.

Stare from a long tribute wall to Scaner also involving Zek and Benny Wilding

Finished right on time for this yearly retrospective, this is Stare‘s part in a long tribute wall to his KG brother Scaner.

Stare on letters and Axe along the ground, in a dark recessed parking space in the Plateau

Stare‘s part in the RDV production curated by Axe Lalime. Stare also finished a piece by his KG brother Scaner and contributed to a multi-artist tribute to him, scroll down to the end of this list for that.

Temps in Rosemont

Temps in Rosemont.

Timer in Petite-Patrie

Timer in Petite-Patrie.

Trace in Hochelaga

Trace‘s contribution to Time Is Gold.

Trace’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam

Trace‘s contribution to Scan You Rock.

Tuna on an abandoned Ahuntsic building

Tuna on an abandoned Ahuntsic building.

Tuna on the Gonza Café wall

Tuna on an abandoned Plateau house.

rooftop Tuna piece in Ahuntsic

Rooftop piece by Tuna in Ahuntsic.

rooftop Twik piece in Ahuntsic

Rooftop piece by Twik in Ahuntsic.

Vogue in Rosemont

Voguer in Rosemont.

trackside Voguer

Trackside Voguer.

Vogue and Ason housefront in the Plateau

Voguer and Ason on this Plateau house. Scroll up for more by those two above under ‘Ason’.

Wory at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Wory from Belgium at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Wuna in Rosemont

Wuna in Rosemont.

Zek in the upper Plateau

Zek in upper Plateau.

Zek, Axe, Awe and Dodo Osé in St-Henri

Zek (ground left), Axe Lalime (top), Awe (ground right) and Dodo Osé in St-Henri. Scroll up for solo work and collaborations by the latter three artists under their respective names. Zek also helped complete an unfinished Scaner piece, scroll down a bit for this. Finally Axe and Dodo Osé have also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Zoner in Rosemont

Zoner in Rosemont from a March visit.

Scaner on letters, filled by Stare and Zek, with Harry Bones on the left. From the Time Is Gold prod

This is the main wall from the Time Is Gold production. Scaner did the outlines of his letters before he passed away. The fill and background of that area were completed by his KG brothers, Stare and Zek. On the left is Scaner’s crewmate in the Four S’s, Harry Bones (who has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017).

Tribute to Scaner by Sober, Benny Wilding, Mersh, Tyke and Sage at the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam

Tribute to Scaner by Sober, Benny Wilding, Mersh, Tyke and Sage at the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll up for some solo work by Mersh. There’s also more Benny Wilding above under ‘Cemz’ as well as in the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017. Sober also participated in the next piece below.

Scaner’s name by Axe. Scaner did the outlines of the first three letters before he passed away in September 2017. Axe did the N, the fill and background. Bird of prey above is by Tchug.

Scaner did the outlines of the first three letters of his name before he passed away in September 2017. Axe Lalime and Sober did the N, the fill and background. Bird of prey above is by Tchug. Scroll up for more by Axe above under ‘Axe’ and ‘Zek’. Tchug also made this list in a collaboration with Scribe (scroll up to the latter name). Sober also participated in the tribute to Scaner listed just above this piece. Axe has also made it into the Top 100 murals and other painted street art of 2017.

Tribute to Scaner by various artists/writers

Huge chrome tribute done on an Art Gang wall the weekend of Scaner‘s funeral. According to them, contributors include Kems, Selek, Bacon, Stare, Tens, Snikr, Smak and Some. Stare, Kems and Smak also made this list with solo work, scroll up to view.

Tribute to Scaner in the Plateau

This huge Scaner tribute on an abandoned Plateau house was done a day or two after Scaner passed away. Artists asked to remain anonymous.

Open air galleries

The “Jailspot”

Gallery 2017/04/02 Art-hound 8 Comments

The “Jailspot” is the name given by graffiti writers and urban explorers to two contiguous abandoned buildings on Henri-Bourassa at the level of the now closed Tanguay prison. These buildings were not actually part of the closed prison, they belonged to Transport Québec who once used them as hangars for heavy machinery. They appear to have been used in the recent past as offices and warehouse space. The westernmost of the two is older than the other one which seems to have been built around 2006-2007. For the following years the latter new construction was used for sporadic warehouse sales.

Business must not have been very good, the buildings were left unused as early as 2011-2012 and signs of graffiti action started appearing, first outside then inside. Within a few years the two buildings were completely taken over by explorers and writers/artists. Everything except the warehouse at the front of the easternmost building quickly deteriorated, through the combined actions of vandals and rain/snow through broken doors and windows as well as collapsed roofs. The two buildings were finally gradually demolished over the spring and summer of 2016 to make space for the construction of controversial residential/commercial towers.

If you have any additional information about this spot, feel free to write in and contribute to this article.

The gallery below is divided by rooms and other areas where artists left their mark. The names of the rooms are not official ones, I just came up with them for comprehensive purposes. A plan of the spot can be seen below, at the top of the gallery.

Le “Jailspot” est le nom donné par les graffeurs et explorateurs urbains à deux édifices voisins sur Henri-Bourassa devant l’ancienne prison Tanguay. Ces deux édifices ne font en fait pas partie de l’ancienne prison, ils appartenaient à Transport Québec et ont déjà servi de hangars pour de la machinerie lourde. Ils semblent avoir ensuite servi de bureaux et d’entrepôts au cours des années précédant leur abandon. Celui situé le plus à l’ouest semble dater d’avant l’autre qui a été construit vers 2006-2007. Au cours des années qui ont suivi sa construction ce dernier a été le lieu de ventes d’entrepôt.

Les affaires n’ont pas dû être très profitables, déjà vers 2011-2012 les édifices n’étaient plus utilisés et les graffeurs ont commencé à arriver sur les lieux, d’abord à l’extérieur ensuite à l’intérieur. Très rapidement l’endroit a été pris d’assaut par les explorateurs urbains et les graffeurs. Tout sauf les pièces du devant s’est rapidement détérioré, sous l’action de vandales et de la pluie/neige entrant par les portes et fenêtres brisées ainsi que des portions de toits effondrés. Les deux édifices ont finalement été démolis au cours du printemps et de l’été 2016 pour permettre la construction de controversées tours résidentielles et commerciales.

Si vous détenez de l’information additionnelle sur cet endroit, vous êtes invités à me contacter et contribuer à cet article.

La gallerie-photo ci-dessous est divisée en pièces et autres zones où les artistes ont oeuvré. Les noms des différentes pièces ne sont pas officiels, ils sont ceux que j’ai utilisés pour mes besoins d’archivage. Le plan ci-dessous montre les positions relatives de ces pièces.

the “Jailspot”, plan of the various room and areas.

Plan of the various rooms and areas. The codes E1 to E6 and W1 to W5 refer to the room sub-sections below. Click to expand.

Eastern building

the “Jailspot”, Eastern building, street view 2015

Street view from Henri-Bourassa, 2015. Visible in the front are abandoned limousines!

the “Jailspot”, Eastern building, street view 2015

Different angle; visible at the back is the dome of the old Tanguay prison which gave this spot its name amongst writers and urban explorers.

E1 – the galleries

general view of the galleries at the abandoned “Jailspot”

General view of the galleries on the right, and the central rooms on the left.

Kems aka Kemr inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Kems/Kemr

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Kemt inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Kemt

Tuna inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna

Shok inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok

Shok inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok

Shok inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok

Shok inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok

Shok at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok from a Four Lokos prod.

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor from a Four Lokos prod.

Narc at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Narc from a Four Lokos prod.

Tuna at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna from a Four Lokos prod.

Tuna (ground level), Koni (above left) and Saner (above right) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna (ground level), Koni (above left) and Saner (above right).

Tuna inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna

Tuna inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna

Tuna representing SIK (crew) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Tuna representing the SIK crew.

Ekler (left) and Tuna (right) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Ekler (left) and Tuna (right). Visible above are throws by Hems (left) and Shake (right).

Narc inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Narc

Korb inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Korb

Lith inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Lith

Geser inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Geser

Aper inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Aper

Sunz inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Sunz

Naimo at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Naimo

Lyfer piece at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Lyfer

Getsa inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Getsa

Shrek One tribute to Jacques Parizeau inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shrek One tribute to Jacques Parizeau.

Ekler (ground level) and Serum (above) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Ekler (ground level) and Serum (above).

Serum inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Serum

EK7 (left) and Hope (right) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

EK Sept (left) and Hope (right). Visible above is a tag by Daym.

EK Sept (top), Hope (bottom left) and Sunz (bottom right) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

EK Sept. Scroll up for shots of the Sunz and Hope pieces seen beneath.

Fokus inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Fokus

Pito inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Pito

Oskar inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Oskar

Nixon inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Nixon

Dope? inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Dope

Arek inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Arek

Dekor (letters) and Hesan (creature) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Dekor (letters) and Hesan (creature).

Hesan inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Hesan

Two forms of Dekor inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Two forms of Dekor on sides of the window. Tags above are by Sunz (in black) and Nybar (in blue).

Dekor (left) and Rizek (right) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Dekor (left) and Rizek (right).

Talk inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Talk

E2 – the car showroom

general view of the “car showroom” inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

General view of the car showroom. Scroll down for close-ups of the Geser car and the Merp and Raker pieces seen at the back.

Geser inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Geser

Algue representing 203 inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Algue representing 203.

Pro inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Pro

Someone representing VC inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Someone representing the VC crew.

Lyfer piece at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Lyfer

Block inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Block

Faboo inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Faboo representing Ten Yen.

Aces inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Aces

Aner inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Aner

Merp (top) and Racer (ground level) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Raker (ground level) and Merp (above).

Merp (top) and Verse (ground level) inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Same spot, earlier shot: Verse (ground level) and Merp (above).

E3 – the central room

general view of the central area and room of the abandoned “Jailspot”

General view of the central room, with the back side of the car showroom on the left.

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Skor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skor

Aces inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Aces

Bewet inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Bewet

Neak inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

Neak

E4 – the warehouse

general view of the warehouse inside the abandoned “Jailspot”

General view of the warehouse (sorry for the blurry shot, it’s the only one I have). Scroll down for a close-up of the few visible pieces in this shot.

Shok at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok

Narc at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Narc

Skam at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Skam

Dekor at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Dekor