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New street art and graffiti September 2014 part 2

September was busy for Montreal’s street artists, so here’s a second post about new pieces that have popped up or that have finally been completed during the last month.

Les artistes street de Montréal ont été assez occupés pendant le mois de septembre, ce qui justifie la publication d’un second article présentant les créations apparues au cours du dernier mois et celles qui ont finalement été achevées après plusieurs mois de travail.


Walls

Mural by Dré, Dodo Osé and Zek for Ashop in Côte-des-Neiges.

Mural by Five Eight in the Plateau.

Mural by Rafael Sottolichio in Petite-Patrie.

Mural by Annie Hamel in the Village.

Mural by Botkin on Savoie (three more murals on Savoie are nearly completed or in progress, stay tuned).

Free5 (left), Waxhead and Turtle Caps in the Plateau.

Stela and Selena Gomez representing the Witch Gang, in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark (bottom left corner is by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art).

Another piece was done by Stela on the Fairmount end of the same alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Oram 79 at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

IAmBatman at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Piece by Snipe from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

The 123Klan‘s Scien from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

The 123Klan‘s Klor from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Unidentified writer from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Greasy Jim piece in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

The Mathieu Connery installation on the corner of St-Christophe and Marie-Anne appears to be finished.

Labrona on the door of an abandoned building in Rosemont.

Abstract mural by Matt W Moore in Plateau End.


Wheatpastes, etc

New wheatpastes by Féfine (centre) and Futur Lasor Now (right) were added to an older one by Tava (left). In Mile End.

Futur Lasor Now poster, with older works by Pnda (top left) and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (bottom), in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Mono Sourcil (left) and Labrona (right) wheatpastes in the Quartier Latin.

Makenoize transformed pipes into urban dragonflies (photo © Makenoize).

One more by Makenoize (photos © Makenoize).

Stencil of Smiley face on board by Makenoize, between older graffiti murals by Grito Raices on the left and La Paria (Astro, Zema, Rage and friends) on the right. In Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Zola wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Wheatpaste by Albar on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Poster by Kat in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Paste-up by Stela in this Mile End alley.

National Zombi paste-up in Mile End.

National Zombi paste-up in Griffintown.

National Zombi paste-up in Griffintown.

Wheatpaste by Zu in this Mile End alley.

Wheatpaste by Zu in this Mile End alley.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.


Stencils and hand drawn pieces

Waxhead in the Plateau.

ROC514 drawing. Also visible is a tag by Down as well as stickers by ROC514 and Robert Robert (commercial).

ROC514 drawing in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Stencilled New Regime tags have popped up all over the walls and sidewalks of the city; colours vary.

Small drawing by an unidentified artist in this Mile End alley.


Stickers

Sticker by Waxhead.

Sticker by Swarm.

New collaboration sticker by ROC514 with Arson.

New collaboration sticker by ROC514 with Ekro.

Stickers by Stela (purple Starchild), Selena Gomez, and friends.

Mini-poster by Il Flatcha.

This unidentified artist has been posting new variations on his/her mini-stickers.

Sticker by Ugly(?).

Sticker by Smegma.

Sticker by an unidentified artist.

Futur Lasor Now

Although he does murals and a bit of graffiti and wheatpasting, Futur Lasor Now is mostly known for his stickers. He may very well be the most prolific artist in Montreal for that medium. Almost every week new ones or new variations on older ones pop up here and there. Unlike most street artists who use stickers as a promotional tool or some form of extension to their painted work, it feels like the opposite for Futur Lasor Now, as he recreates on walls (and sometimes on canvas) characters and imagery that have evolved and become familiar to us through his stickers.

Not only is Futur Lasor Now prolific, but he is also the artist with the biggest diversity of characters and ideas in his work. Most other artists whose art is more often seen on stickers than on walls have one character which they develop into hundreds of variations in colour and context. Futur Lasor Now has dozens of these characters recurring in many different settings.

Finally, as if quantity and diversity wasn’t enough, the world of Futur Lasor Now is a fun, often funny one. Sticker art may not be the grandest of art forms, but it can be very entertaining and in Montreal Futur Lasor Now is, in my opinion, the master of slap-stick.

For much more great work than what I managed to catch on camera myself, see Futur Lasor Now’s blog as well as his Instagram and Facebook pages.

Bien qu’il soit l’auteur de murales et de quelques graffitis et collages, Futur Lasor Now est plutôt connu pour ses stickers. Il est très probablement l’artiste montréalais le plus prolifique dans ce domaine. A chaque semaine de nouvelles créations ou de nouvelles variations sur des anciennes idées peuvent être découvertes dans nos rues et ruelles. La plupart des artistes street utilisent le medium des autocollants comme outil promotionnel ou comme extension de leur art mural, mais chez Futur Lasor Now, ça semble être le contraire. On retrouve dans son art mural (et parfois sur canevas) des personnages ou des thèmes qui ont d’abord été developpés sur ses stickers.

L’oeuvre sur autocollants de Futur Lasor Now se démarque non seulement par son abondance, mais aussi par la diversité des personnages qui y figurent et des variations dans lesquelles on les retrouve. La plupart des artistes dont l’art est plus souvent vu sur des stickers que sur des murs n’ont qu’un seul personnage décliné en des centaines de variations en couleur et contexte. Futur Lasor Now quant à lui a plusieurs douzaines de ces personnages fétiches qu’on a le plaisir de retrouver en différentes situations.

Enfin, comme si la quantité et la diversité n’étaient pas suffisantes, il faut souligner que le monde de Futur Lasor Now est aussi des plus colorés et rigolos. Le sticker n’est peut-être pas la plus grande des formes d’art, mais il peut être des plus divertissants et, selon moi, à Montréal Futur Lasor Now en est le maître.

Pour en voir beaucoup que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, jetez un coup d’oeil au blogue de Futur Lasor Now ainsi qu’à ses pages Instagram et Facebook.


Stickers and wheatpastes

Stickers and wheatpastes are collected here in the same section because, between Futur Lasor Now’s oversized stickers and smaller paste-ups, the line between the two media is blurred. It makes more sense to sort all this work by theme rather than by medium.

Les autocollants et affiches se trouvent ici dans la même section parce qu’avec Futur Lasor Now, la ligne entre les deux peut-être parfois floue. Il s’avère plus intéressant de trier ces oeuvres de plus petite dimension par thème plutôt que par medium.


Lasorbirds

Wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste in Rosemont.

Wheatpaste in central Montreal.

Wheatpaste off the 2024 edition of Mural.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Poster version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker variation on the above.

Alternate version of the above.

Small paste-up.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Small paste-up.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker

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

Paste-up found in at least two different sizes.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Larger paste-up version of the above.

Later variation incorporating material from the stickers above and below in this list.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Larger paste-up version of the above.

Sticker.

Paste-up (right) with sticker by Turtle Caps (left)

Paste-up combo.

Small paste-up

Poster. See sticker versions below.

Sticker version of the above poster.

Sticker variation of the above sticker and poster.

Sticker.

Sticker variation on the above.

Paste-up version of the above stickers.

Wheatpaste.

Smaller paste-up version of the above.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Wheatpaste.

Smaller paste-up version of the above.

Poster version of the above design.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above design.

Lasorbirds with Turtle Caps in Chinatown

Poster.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Wheatpaste. A sticker version is found below and a 2016 variation on the above design can be found in the ‘other’ section below.

Sticker. A wheatpaste variation is found above and a 2016 variation on the above design can be found in the ‘other’ section below.

A later variation on the above.

Wheatpaste version on the above.

Spoof mini-poster of the Beatles’s Abbey Road album.

Sticker variation of the above.

Sticker variation of the above.

Cartoon-ized variation of the above.

Blueprint-style wheatpaste variation on the above theme.

Another Beatles spoof in poster form.

Sticker version of the above.

One more sticker on a Beatles theme.

Wheatpaste.

Sticker variation of the above.

Sticker variation of the above.

Wheatpaste found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Large paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Tiny paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Tall wheatpaste from alley between St-Laurent and Clark (artist on the left is unidentified).

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Pasted poster (also featuring Turtle Caps).

Sticker version of the above poster featuring Turtle Caps.

Sticker.

Poster.

Wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Turtle Caps (right) paste-ups.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Hand drawn version of the above.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker spoofing the St-Hubert restaurants logo.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Large paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Paste-up.

Stickers.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker variation.

Sticker.

Sticker

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker (sorry I only encountered it sprayed like this…)

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Paste-up; also features Fred Caron top left and Citizan bottom right.


Rest of the zoo

Wheatpaste.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste; also visible on the right is a wheatpaste by Swarm.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker (what’s left of…)

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up


Patch

This is a tribute by Futur Lasor Now to his dog Patch.

Un hommage par Futur Lasor Now à son chien Patch.

Patch wheatpaste between two Turtle Caps.

Dog Patch wheatpaste by Futur Lasor Now and two by WhatIsAdam.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker version of the above.

Transparent sticker version of the above.

Sticker variation.

Sticker variation.

A 2016 variation.


People with lasors

Wheatpaste.

Sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

A different sticker on the Lasor Celine theme.

Poster.

Smaller, earlier poster.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Two versions of a poster side by side on a door. Each design also found as a sticker, see below.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Poster.

Poster.

Poster.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste. Also features Turtle Caps at the bottom.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Stencil (?) on sticker montage. Slight variations have also been found.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above design.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker variation.

Sticker

Sticker

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of one of the sticker above. Also visible on the right is a wheatpaste by Swarm.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up

Paste-up. Also visible is ROC514 on the left and Satan Is Real on the right.


More people

Large paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Poster version of the above (left one of course).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Posters.

Sticker.

Sticker variation.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Small sticker.

Small sticker.

Small sticker.

Small paste-up.


Obama and the Illuminati

Poster. Also visible are a Pnda paste-up in the top left corner and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art at the bottom.

Sticker version of the above wheatpaste.

Later variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Vinyl sticker.

Vinyl sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Hand drawn sticker.

Hand drawn sticker.


Election/political-related

Paste-up on electoral billboard.

Paste-up on electoral billboard.

Robo-Harper paste-up on electoral billboard; photo © Futur Lasor Now.

Sticker-sized version of the above.

Robo-Harper sticker.

Robo-Harper sticker.

Pierre-Elliott Trudeau sticker.

This Bernie Sanders sticker was adapted from one of the pieces featured in Futur Lasor Now’s Futur Politics Now expo at the Fresh Paint Gallery during March 2016.

Another sticker from the latter series, this one depicting Hillary Clinton.

Another political sticker from the American campaign.

Wheatpaste evolved variation of the above.

Sticker version of the above.


Futur Lasor Now, ‘cereal’ offender

Poster.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Slighty larger variation of the above.

Out of the box version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker. Wheatpaste version also exists.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.


Other

Sticker.

Sticker, a transparent version of the above.

Sticker.

This is actually cut vinyl, nice how it blends with the tags around it.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Futur Lasor Now (speech bubble sticker) with Graffiti Knight (top right), National Zombi (green creature on right) and ROC514 (bird on the left).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker mocking the Tim Horton’s logo.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker. More variation on this Grand Theft Auto design are found higher up in this gallery.

Futur metro station.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.


Various

Various wheatpastes on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival. All the designs seen here are found in the gallery above as stickers and wheatpastes.


Murals and other painted pieces

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

On a barbershop front.

Labrona (left), Futur Lasor Now (middle) and Andy Dass (top right) for a 2017 memorial jam for Akira.

Another one at the same spot as above.

Contribution to the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

Back of information board for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Part of a huge multi-artist jam in the Plateau.

Quick ones at the same spot as above.

Group piece featuring Waxhead (left and barely visible in bottom corner), Turtle Caps (above ladder), Futur Lasor Now (above door), Deadliest Rosa (middle bottom), Loks (right) and El Moot Moot (right wall). In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Inside an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

Mural or the 2014 edition of Decolonizing Street Art in Little Italy.

Futur Lasor Now (left), FEone (centre) and Turtle Caps (right) under expressway.

Side wall of a Plateau café. Futur Lasor Now’s lasorbirds are on a huge Turtle Caps.

Back wall of the above café.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.

Contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival (with Mono Sourcil on the left).

Unofficial contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Griffintown.

Contribution to the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Waxhead (in blue) and Futur Lasor Now (top left) on Montreal Plateau rooftop.

Futur Lasor Now (top centre) and Sam Kaston in alley off St-Laurent.


Drawings, tags, etc.

Quick one in Mile End.

Quick one in Mile End.

With Waxhead (top left) and Turtle Caps (bottom).

With tags by Fleo and others in between.

New street art and graffiti September 2014


Walls

The first two murals below are part of the revitalization programme of rue Savoie, behind the Bibliothèque Nationale. More murals are in the works on that street, so stay tuned.

Les deux premières murales ci-dessous font partie du plan de revitalisation de la rue Savoie, derrière la Bibliothèque Nationale. D’autres murales sont en cours de production sur cette même rue, j’en parlerai lorsqu’elles seront complétées.

Gene Pendon mural on Savoie. The mural is a tribute to Innu women.

Mural on Savoie by Les Hommes De Lettres.

Mural by Zoltan V and Gives in the St-Denis|Drolet alley between Duluth and Roy.

Mural by En Masse featuring Dan Buller (woman in helmet), Cheryl Voisine (woman with hair), Turtle Caps (middle), Jeremy Shantz (top), Cryote (right) and of course Jason Botkin tying it all together, in an alley in Villeray. This mural, like the next two on this page, was created during the recent street fair titled “A pieds ou à vélo”.

Mural by En Masse featuring Dan Buller and others, in a Villeray alley.

Piece on garage door by MC Baldassari for En Masse, in a Villeray alley. It is found to the right of the mural above.

Mathieu Connery installation on the corner of St-Christophe and Marie-Anne. I was told the installation is not finished, but the artist has not worked on it for about a month.

Tribute mural to Oliver Jones by Dan Buller and Five Eight in Little Burgundy.

The Hsix tribute mural to Lea Roback in the Plateau appears to be finished. For Muralité.

Mural by Benjamin Picard, Mylène Chabrol, Mathias Vouters and Marie Gosselin in the Plateau. For Muralité.

This smaller piece by Emmanuel Laflamme for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival was completed after the end of the festival.

Lith and Fezat at the Cabot x Gilmore walls in the South-West.

The 123Klan‘s Scien (left) and Klor (right) at the Cabot x Gilmore walls in the South West.

Five Eight piece in St-Henri.

Graffiti mural by Hary in the St-Denis|Drolet alley.


Wheatpastes and small painted/stencilled works

Miss Me has been taking her new ‘girls’ out on the town. This one was found in Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in the Plateau.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Tava‘s Screaming Hearts paste-ups now exist in new colour variations (see below for more).

One more new variation on Tava‘s Screaming Hearts paste-ups.

Wheatpaste by Nova in Mile End.

Labrona (right) and Mono Sourcil (left) wheatpastes in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Labrona (right) and Mono Sourcil (left) wheatpastes in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Painted construction sign found on the corner of St-Denis and Marie-Anne, by an unidentified artist who may be associated with Decolonizing Street Art.

Wheatpaste on wall in the alley behind St-Denis, presumably by the same unidentified artist as above.

Wheatpaste by Pyramid Oracle in Mile End.

Wheatpaste by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Wheatpaste by Mono Sourcil in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Il Flatcha art on sticker sheet.

Makenoize stencilled in Mile End.

Makenoize pasted in Mile End.


Pétanque à la place d’Youville

The Old Montreal SDC has been setting up place d’Youville for a string of events called ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. In the process they hired Montreal artist Tava to add some colour to the area. He has spray-painted his art on the concrete beams closing off Place d’Youville and on its picnic tables. The image gallery below shows five of the beams and two of the tables. Work was in progress at the time these photos were taken, so more is to come.

La SDC du Vieux-Montreal a réaménagé la place d’Youville pour une suite d’événements intitulée ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. L’artiste montréalais Tava a été engagé pour mettre un peu de vie dans cet espace urbain. Il a peint à la cannette les blocs de béton délimitant la place ainsi que les tables de pique-nique qui s’y trouvent. La gallerie-photo ci-dessous présente cinq blocs de béton et deux tables de pique-nique. D’autres sont à venir, le travail étant en cours d’exécution au moment où ces photos furent prises.


Stickers

One of Tava‘s many new colour variations for his Screaming Hearts (see also paste-ups above).

Sticker by Homsik.

Futur Lasor Now

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

Mono Sourcil

Mouthful

The western Plateau/lower Mile-End has been plastered lately with variations of this hand drawn sticker by an unidentified artist.

One more variation on the above hand drawn sticker by an unidentified artist.

Stikki Peaches

Stikki Peaches is a very successful studio artist based in Montreal but his reputation extends outside our city. He is also very successful in our streets as a wheatpaste artist.

This interview published in Complex lets us inside the mind of the artist. To see more than what is presented here, have a look at his Tumblr website as well as his Instagram page.

Stikki Peaches est un artiste de studio très populaire à Montréal et à l’étranger. Il est aussi très connu dans nos rues pour ses collages.

Cette interview publiée chez Complex nous en apprends un peu sur l’artiste. Pour voir plus que ce qui est présenté ici, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à ses pages Tumblr et Instagram.


wheatpastes

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

Stikki Peaches and Teetz collaboration in Little Italy.

Stikki Peaches and Teetz collaboration in Little Italy (featuring Makenoize above).

In the Fashion District.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Little Italy.

In Griffintown.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

Off Mural Festival.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Village.

A Montreal Canadians themed piece found downtown during the hockey playoffs.

Downtown.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Fashion District.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

Downtown.

In the South West.

In Mile End.

Off St-Laurent.

In Little Italy.

On the wall of a Plateau restaurant.

In the Fashion District.

In Little Italy.

In the Fashion District.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Old Montreal.

In Plateau End.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

This is probably the largest wheatpaste Montreal has ever seen. Stikki Peaches put it up in the Mural zone one night during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Pre-Muralfest2016 wheatpaste in the Mural zone.

Stencil(?) in the Fashion District.

Stikki Peaches (top) and WhatIsAdam (kids) in the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the South West.

In Old Montreal.

In Old Montreal.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Mile End.

In Old Montreal.

In Chinatown.

This photo © Stikki Peaches.

Huge wheatpastes in the Fashion District.

Collaboration with Dain from NYC found in Plateau End.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (1/3; see below).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (2/3; see above and below).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (1/3; see above).

Near Parc Jeanne-Mance.

This piece in Mile End as well as the one below are covered in stickers from other local and international artists.

This piece in Mile End as well as the one above it in this gallery are covered in stickers from other local and international artists.

One more wheatpaste covered in stickers by other artists, this one in Little Italy.

In the Old Port. Photo © Guillaume Couture.

In Plateau End.

In the Plateau.

In Outremont.

In Mile End.

This one found in an alley between St-Denis and Drolet is said to be from Stikki Peaches, but confirmation is needed.

This wheatpaste was found near the one above it in this list, and is also only rumoured to be from Stikki Peaches.

In Mile End.

Stikki Peaches’ iconic BatBond in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Little Italy.

Stikki Peaches (head) with hipster chimpanzee by Graffiti Knight in Mile End.

Stikki Peaches (head) with hipster chimpanzee by Graffiti Knight in the Mile End alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the Plateau.

In Plateau End.

In Plateau End.

In a Mile End back alley.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In Plateau End.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

Collaboration with someone else for Instagrafite in the Fashion District.


Stikki stickers

A bit of sense of humour here…

St-Denis|Drolet back alley between Duluth and Roy

The back alley that runs behind St-Denis and Drolet from Des Pins to Gilford is a great place for street art. Major pieces are particularly concentrated in the segment between Duluth and Roy, which is the reason why I have chosen it as the subject of this installment in the series of posts dedicated to open-air galleries. The highlight for that area is the number of great murals, most of which are apparently not commissioned. Painted works of smaller scale and graffiti are also abundant. Paste-ups and stickers are found in smaller numbers. The gallery below features photos taken from the summer of 2014 to the summer of 2016.

La ruelle qui court derrière les rues St-Denis et Drolet entre Des Pins et Gilford est une des meilleures vitrines de street art non-commandé à Montréal. Le segment entre les rues Duluth et Roy offre une concentration particulière d’oeuvres majeures et c’est pour cette raison qu’il a été choisi comme sujet d’article dans la série dédiée aux galleries à ciel ouvert. On y trouve un grand nombre de murales en apparence non-commandées. On y retrouve aussi abondance d’oeuvres peintes de plus petite envergure ainsi que du graffiti. Les collages et autocollants sont aussi présents, mais en plus petit nombre. La galerie ci-dessous présente des photos prises entre les étés 2014 et 2016.


general view (summer 2014)



murals and other painted works

Mural by Zoltan V (was replaced with mural below).

Mural by Zoltan V (was replaced with mural below).

Gives and Cryote at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Hary in the above spot, one year later.

Cryote at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Cryote modified the above garage door when he repaired it post-vandalism.

One more by Cryote on the fence in front of the garage door above.

Mural by Zoltan V and Kevin Ledo.

Mural by Zoltan V and Gives.

The above mural was preced by this collaboration between Zoltan V and Kazy Usclef.

Mural by Zoltan V and/or Kazy Usclef (was replaced with mural below).

Collaboration between Hary and Zoltan V.

Mural by Nixon.

Mural by Nixon (since replaced with mural below).

Mural by Nixon.

mural by Kevin Ledo on parking space side-wall.

Graffiti mural by Hary and others, version 1 (since replaced with next).

Graffiti mural by Hary and others, version 2.

Waxhead (right) and Gawd (left). Over the years the piece was gradually covered in graffiti.

Two garage doors by Waxhead at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Mastrocola mural.

Door featuring a Kazy Usclef piece and Nixon drawings.

This wheatpaste is said to be from Stikki Peaches (to be confirmed) on the same door as the piece above in this gallery.

Stela

Cryote

Zen

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Graffiti mural by Pito x Guko near the Roy end of the alley; see video making of.

Door by Open Mind.

Door featuring Cryote amngst lots of tags.

A smaller piece by an unidentified artist (may be Zoltan V or Kazy Usclef).

Zoltan V

Letters by Nerv next to older piece painted on door by an unidentified artist.

Blade by Hary between two pipes.

Graffiti Knight stencil on the ground at the entrance of the Roy end of the alley.


monochrome

Nixon

Cryote, at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Figurative tag by Cryote.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.


wheatpastes and paste-ups

Wheatpastes by Toronto’s Lovebot.

Wheatpastes by Toronto’s Lovebot.

Wheatpaste by Turtle Caps.

Small paste-up by Futur Lasor Now.

Various paste-ups by Rage5 (2 bottom right), unidentified (left), and Tough Guy (2 middle).


wood-ups

Starkey


stickers

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

Stickers by an unidentified artist.


nearby

The following pieces found nearby also deserve to be mentioned here.

Les oeuvres suivantes se trouvant à proximité doivent être mentionnées dans le cadre de ce chapitre.

Mastrocola mural on Duluth between St-Denis and the St-Denis|Drolet alley.

2-wall mural by an unidentified artist in St-Denis|Drolet alley between Roy and Des Pins.

Graffiti mural by Stare at the Des Pins end of the alley.

Siar in the same alley but below Roy.

Tava

Tava aka Antoine Tavaglione is a quite successful studio artist who sometimes takes his work out in the streets. His pop culture and vintage cartoon imagery appeals to a broad spectrum of people which surely contributed to him getting a lot of commissionned work. As far as the streets are concerned, he mostly does murals, although until 2015 he was also into wheatpasting and stickers.

For more information on the artist and to see more of his work than what is shown here, check out antoinetavaglione.com as well as his Instagram page. You can buy Tava art at tava-art.com.

Tava, ou Antoine Tavaglione de son nom complet, est un artiste studio qui à l’occasion s’adonne aussi au street art. Ses oeuvres, souvent peuplées de personnages issus de la culture pop et plus particulièrement des dessins animés vintage, plaisent à un large éventail de personnes, ce qui a surement contribué à faire de lui un des artistes les plus demandés à Montréal présentement. En ce qui concerne son travail urbain, il crée surtout des murales, bien que jusqu’à 2015 il s’adonnait aussi aux collages et autocollants.

Pour plus d’information sur cet artiste ou pour voir plus que ce qui est présenté ci-dessous, jetez un coup d’oeil à antoinetavaglione.com ainsi qu’à sa page Instagram. Il est possible d’acheter des créations de Tava via tava-art.com.


Painted work

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai photographiée.

On a public piano. See below for other angle.

On a public piano. See above for other angle.

Above 2 photos: 2 angles of a wall for a St-Henri high school. Scroll down for another wall facing this one.

Above 2 photos: 2 angles of a wall for a St-Henri high school. Scroll up to view the wall facing this one.

In the heart of downtown.

In Petite Patrie.

In Petite Patrie.

In Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Wizard Skull in Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Wizard Skull in Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Bishop in Little Italy.

In Ville St-Laurent.

Tava in Ville Emard. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood. See below for close-ups.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the left third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the middle third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the right third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

In Griffintown for the Montreal Heart Institute.

In Rosemont.

Collaboration with Peter Farmer for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

On one of 2016’s public pianos.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy, with Detto.

In the lower Plateau, with Detto.

Tava’s contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery (photo © Tava).

Outdoor sign for pastry shop in Little Italy (many more Tava treats inside, check it out!)

Mural on rue St-Dominique (photo © Aline Mairet).

Tava (left, centre) and Waxhead (right, bottom centre) mural on construction site barricade, St-Denis (photo © Aline Mairet).

Tava’s contribution to the 2012 edition of the Under Pressure Festival (photo © Tava).


Wheatpastes and larger paste-ups

The original version of Tava’s iconic Screaming Heart (also visible in this shot is a piece by Swarm at the bottom, and a small paste-up of Futur Lasor Now‘s dog Patch).

A variation on the original version of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

photo © Tava

photo © Tava

photo © Tava

Tava with a small Graffiti Knight piece on the left.

Tava on the right, with Mr Crocks on the left; these are wheatpastes on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Tava with what’s left of Turtle Caps beneath it.


Stickers and smaller paste-ups

The original screaming heart.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

Reservoir hearts.

Sorry I couldn’t find an undamaged version of this one!

Better shot of this sticker is needed.

For Instagrafite.


Buck 15 Espresso tunnel

In June 2015 Tava was commissionned to paint the walls of the tunnel next to Buck 15 Espresso in Griffintown. The tunnel is quite narrow, which makes it rather difficult for photos.

En juin 2015 Tava a reçu comme commande la décoration des murs du tunnel à coté du café Buck 15 Espresso dans Griffintown. Le tunnel en question est plutôt étroit, ce qui rend difficile la prise de photos.


Pétanque à la place d’Youville

In September 2014 the Old Montreal SDC set up place d’Youville for a string of events called ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. In the process they hired Tava to add some colour to the area. He spray-painted his art on the concrete beams closing off place d’Youville and on its picnic tables.

En septembre 2014, la SDC du Vieux-Montreal a réaménagé la place d’Youville pour un événement intitulé ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. Tava a alors été engagé pour mettre un peu de vie dans cet espace urbain. Il a peint à la cannette les blocs de béton délimitant la place ainsi que les tables de pique-nique qui s’y trouvaient.


Other

Drawing in Little Italy

New street art August-September 2014

Click on any image below to see in full size
Cliquez sur les images ci-dessous pour voir en plein format

Walls

K6A mural by Monk.e and Axe in Hochelaga.

Trackside piece in NDG by Cems for Ashop (#1 of 3, see below).

Trackside piece in NDG by Zek for Ashop (#2 of 3, see above and below).

Trackside piece in NDG by Dodo Osé for Ashop (#3 of 3, see others above).

Mural presumably by the Wzrds Gng in central Montreal.

The Phlegm mural from the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival has been ‘repaired’ (the bottom part was covered in graffiti).


Wheatpastes and paste-ups

Poster by Tava in the McGill ghetto.

Poster by Tava in Griffintown.

Small paste-up by Futur Lasor Now, various locations Plateau/Mile-End.

Wheatpastes by Kat (left) and Swarm (right; not new) on Mont-Royal.

Small paste-up by Il Flatcha.

Small poster by Il Flatcha found in parc Jeanne-Mance.

Madame Gilles poster, various locations.

Madame Gilles poster, various locations, many other variations exist.

Wheatpaste by unidentified artist in central Montreal.

Unidentified artist for Decolonizing Street Art on Clark.

Wheatpaste by You Go Girl, various locations (this one on Coloniale).

Poster by Fasi, found in many variations around the Plateau.

Poster by an unidentified artist, found in many variations around the Plateau.


Stickers

Futur Lasor Now, ‘cereal’ offender.

Collaboration sticker between HoarKor aka HRKR and ROC514.

Collaboration between ROC514 and 69 aka 6ara9e.

ROC514

Collaboration between ROC514 and D-Evil.

Collaboration between ROC514 and Cup O’Joe.

Small paste-up by Homsik

Small paste-up by Homsik

Waxhead sticker.

Small Waxhead paste-up.

IAmBatman

Miss Me has the whole world in her hands.

Stickers by Stela.

Stickers by Stela.

Shifty Cat

Il Flatcha sticker sheet found in Parc Jeanne-Mance.

Il Flatcha sticker sheet found in Parc Jeanne-Mance.

K6A crew.

Unidentified artist.

Not art, pure promo!


Other

Waxhead drawing on Clark.

Stencil by unidentified artist in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Red Ball Project

Here’s a recap of the seven locations for the Montreal installment of Kurt Perschke’s Red Ball Project.

Voici un récapitulatif du volet montréalais du Red Ball Project de l’artiste Kurt Perschke.

Day 1 – 31 August: Biosphère
Photo © Mathieu Dion.

Day 2 – 1 September: Place des Arts (photo 1/2).

Day 2 – 1 September: Place des Arts (photo 2/2).

Day 3 – 2 September: Quartier des spectacles (photo 1/2).

Day 3 – 2 September: Quartier des spectacles (photo 2/2).

Day 4 – 3 September: Monuments Berson, St-Laurent (photo 1/2).

Day 4 – 3 September: Monuments Berson, St-Laurent (photo 2/2).

Day 5 – 4 September: Gare Jean-Talon (photo 1/2).

Day 5 – 4 September: Gare Jean-Talon (photo 2/2).

Day 6 – 5 September: BMO St-Jacques, Old Montréal (photo 1/2).

Day 6 – 5 September: BMO St-Jacques, Old Montréal (photo 2/2).

Day 7 – 6 September: Parc Lafontaine (photo 1/2).

Day 7 – 6 September: Parc Lafontaine (photo 2/2).

Under Pressure Festival 2014

Here’s a gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. For other editions, see the general Under Pressure Festival page.

Cet article présente les oeuvres produites au cours de l’édition 2014 du Festival Under Pressure. Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.


Under Pressure 2014 logo, art by Miss Me.

Under Pressure 2014 logo, art by Miss Me.


The walls

Five Eight and Earth Crusher.

3 walls of HoarKor aka HRKR.

K6A featuring Fleo, Monk.e, Dodo Osé, Serak, Axe, Dkae and Saer.

Eska (bottom letters), Asyne (middle letters), Sufok aka Ofusk (top letters) and Rouks on figurative material, plus an older Serak above.

Hsix and Esprit (the dancing punk guy is a preserved older tribute to ‘Steeve’ by Quermit and Cheeb).

Featuring Ms Teri (top left) Fonki (other character), Sobe, Warez and perhaps others.

Mace (top left), Maysr (top right), etc.

MSHL (bottom left), Debza (bottom right), Joe, Seaz and Flow (letters at the top).

Ether (top left), Mersh (top right) and Shok (bottom).

Scribe

Featuring Gnius (middle left in red), Peyo/Yope (middle, right of center), Liza (right of Peyo), Skor (top right) amongst many others.

Crazy Apes wall.

Lapin, Maddog and Namer.


180 Ste-Catherine est

General view of the building

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Marc-André Giguère on bottom window.

Gribouilliz on bottom window.

Le Monstr on bottom window.

MSHL on bottom window.

Bonar on bottom window.

Alex Produkt (left), Tyler K Rauman (right) on bottom window.

Debza on bottom window.

Isaac Holland on bottom window.


210 Ste-Catherine est

General view of the building

Jonathan Himsworth / Stadium Art Movement

Emmanuel Laflamme

Emmanuel Laflamme
(this piece was done in early september after the end of the festival)

Mono Sourcil, Labrona, Turtle Caps, Alex Produkt

Turtle Caps, Mono Sourcil, Labrona

Turtle Caps, Mono Sourcil, Labrona

Mono Sourcil, Futur Lasor Now


Unofficial pieces on board walls

Regimental One Ton

Chris Dyer

MC Baldassari

Okies

Le Monstr

M. Abstrakt

Aude Maeva

Bryan Keith Lanier

IAmBatman

Waxhead

Futur Lasor Now

Andy Dass

unidentified artist

IAmBatman

Paulie H

Debza

unidentified artist


Container on rue Boisbriand

Mono Sourcil side.

Pec? side.


Other

additional Miss Me wheatpaste on boarded wall

Cabane à sucre, a secret art gallery

Over the 12 days leading up to August 29, over 40 artists mostly from Montreal got together and created an open-air art gallery on the walls of the interior courtyard of a three-storey building in the lower Plateau, near the Quartier des Spectacles. The secret project was the brainchild of New York City expat Turtle Caps and was inspired by Surplus Candy, a similar project put together at the end of last year by New York City-based pun-loving street artist Hanksy. The Montreal project was actually titled ‘Cabane à sucre’ as a sweet reference to Hanksy’s Surplus Candy.

Turtle Caps found the space a few months ago and knew that something special could be done with it. He expects the building to be torn down in the near future to make way for new condos and wanted to give it a final makeover – a swan song of sorts. The line-up of artists that he managed to get involved are all friends. Most of them are street artists, but a few had never worked outside or on walls before.

Turtle Caps stresses that he did not want this to be a commercial event, with entrance fee and commemorative DVDs. His intention was to counterbalance the growing influence of certain galleries and key players in the Montreal art scene who are increasingly dictating what’s cool and what’s not. Because it is only accessible through private apartments, the Cabane à sucre gallery will remain a private one, never to be made available to the general public. However, in order to give a bit of publicity to his fellow artists who got involved solely for the love of art and creation, without funding of any kind, he agreed to give media and street art enthusiasts such as myself access to the gallery, by appointment, one day only, on August 29, 2014.

Pendant les 12 jours précédant le 29 août dernier, une quarantaine d’artistes montréalais se sont réunis pour créer une gallerie d’art à ciel ouvert sur les murs de la cour intérieure d’un édifice de 3 étages du bas-Plateau, près du quartier des spectacles. Ce projet secret est l’initiative de l’artiste Turtle Caps, originaire de New York mais très actif à Montréal depuis quelques années. La gallerie a été intitulée ‘Cabane à sucre’, un clin d’oeil à Surplus Candy, un projet similaire monté l’année dernière à New York par l’artiste Hanksy.

Turtle Caps a découvert l’espace en question il y a huit mois and a immédiatement vu son potentiel. Il s’attend à ce que l’édifice soit détruit sous peu pour faire place à de nouveaux condos et voulait lui donner son chant du cygne avant l’arrivée des grues de démolition. Les artistes qui ont répondu à son invitation sont tous des amis. La plupart viennent de la scène street, mais quelques uns n’avaient jamais travaillé à l’extérieur ou sur un mur avant de recevoir l’invitation.

Turtle Caps souligne qu’il ne voulait pas faire du projet un événement commercial, avec prix d’entrée et DVD commémoratif. Son intention était de dénoncer ou de contrebalancer l’influence grandissante de certaines galeries et acteurs de la scène d’art montréalaise dictant ce qui est cool et ce qui ne l’est pas. Parce qu’accessible seulement via des logements privés, la gallerie Cabane à sucre est vouée à demeurer privée et ne sera jamais vue du grand public. Ceci étant dit, afin de redonner un peu de visibilité aux artistes qui se sont impliqués seulement par amour de l’art, sans subvention, il a accepté de donner accès aux médias et aux passionnés de street art, sur rendez-vous seulement, le 29 août 2014.

See also / voir aussi:
Cult Montreal’s exclusive story announcing the media day
Frontispice du journal Métro Montréal, 29 août
Cult Montreal’s image gallery

General view / vue générale

View from the top floor

Floors 2 and 3, northern wall

Top floor / étage supérieur

En Masse (left), Laurence Vallières (centre), Il Flatcha (right)

The sun is beaming down on QBNYC aka Turtle Caps as he works on the only unfinished piece of the project

Valerie Bastille and Swarm (wall), Alysha Farling (installation).

Ms Teri

Lina Kretzschmar

Sculptures by Laurence Vallières

Alex Produkt, Citizan (top left paste-up) and installation by Alysha Farling.

Pascale Lamoureux-Miron(?)

52Hz, Citizan (bottom right).

Mirabolle, Okies.

Tava (photo © Tava).

Andy Dass (left) and Waxhead (right).

Second floor / 2ième étage

View of northern wall, 2nd floor:
En Masse, Miss Me, Waxhead, Alysha Farling, M. Abstrakt, Oram 79, IAmBatman, Emmanuel Laflamme, Mastrocola

En Masse

Miss Me

Miss Me, Waxhead, Alysha Farling, all framed by M. Abstrakt

M. Abstrakt, Oram 79, IAmBatman, Emmanuel Laflamme.

Mastrocola (wall) and Alysha Farling (installation).

View of eastern wall, 2nd floor:Chris Dyer, MC Baldassari, Labrona

Chris Dyer

Labrona

Miss Me

Miss Me, Alysha Farling (installation at bottom) and Futur Lasor Now

Bonar (with a bit of Fonki on windows).

Miss Me

Xray

Kevin Ledo

Grazyna Adamska-Jarecka

Lily Luciole

Jonathan Himsworth / Stadium Art Movement

Ground floor / niveau sol

View of western wall, ground floor
Axe (back wall), Oram 79 (front) and Laurence Vallières (left at the back). The Oram 79 frame was actually done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Laurence Vallières

Ether / Benny Wilding

En Masse

Stela (girls) and Homsik (fuzzy creature).

Jason Botkin (photo © Lisa Sproull, Cult Montreal).

Waxhead (this was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival).

IAmBatman (this was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival).

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 1/3). Also visible on the left is a frame by Ms Teri which was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 2/3).

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 3/3).