Shalak Attack and Bruno Smoky have painted another large colourful mural. This one features two women, a baltimore oriole, and many fruits and flowers.
below: Close up of the bird, a baltimore oriole
below: Adorned with leaves, flowers, and fruit – blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Lots of cherry blossoms and another bird too.
At the corner of Roxton and Harbord, at what was once the New Moon Variety store, there is a large and colourful Clandestinos mural. The store is now Riders Cycle so it is apt that the mural features a large cyclist, a dapper fox with bright red cycling gloves and a wicker basket full of flowers and carrots.
A blue bird at the left flying in front of the garage door.
The window now looks like it protrudes from the wall and is part of the mural.
Like all good cyclists, he has a light on his bike but this light is a miniature person with a powerful flashlight.
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Another blue bird in flight, this time at the righthand side of the mural.
On Dundas West, just west of Dufferin, there are two lanes with large murals by clandestinos.
One is the alley to the west of the Lulu Lounge where both sides are covered with fantastic paintings by fiya, shalak, and bruno smoky as well as a few others. I blogged about it just over two years ago and here is the link to the original post, “life as the shadow of vida“. Earlier this week I took another look at it – it’s still looking great and there have been no changes so I didn’t take any photos.
The other alley is nearby but on the north side of Dundas Street. Actually, it’s hardly an alley, more like a driveway which made taking pictures of the whole mural difficult. Also, if you are traveling eastbound on Dundas, you’d miss it. Here are the pictures that I managed to take:
Wilson subway station is nestled between the northbound and southbound lanes of the Allen Expressway. It’s functional, but not pretty. All that concrete!
below: Wilson subway station from the parking lot on the SW corner of Wilson and the Allen.
If you look closely at the above picture, you might be able to see that one of the pillars holding up the Allen has been painted purple. That’s part of the latest mural painting project by Shalak Attack, with help from Bruno Smoky. What you can’t see is that the mural covers all of the underpass supports on both sides of Wilson Ave.
below: The mural on the south side of Wilson Ave has been painted on all sides. Here, a face is between two hands gripping the poles.
below: More pillars on the south side.
below: A large spider on a web is in the center of the mural.
below: The back side of the supports have also been painted. Just be careful not to bump your head on the road above if you want to get a closer look!
below: The north side of the underpass is being painted at the moment. Stay tuned for updates!
Sackville Street, just south of Dundas, is right in the midst of the Regent Park renewal project. It is also the site of two murals. First, there is bright and colourful mural which is painted on the side of a new apartment building.
The other mural is a painting by elicser on hoardings around a building under construction.
below: With the ubiquitous Timmie’s cup on the ground.
As promised a few blog posts ago, I went back to take more photos of the now complete mural on the underpass on Lawrence Avenue just west of Caledonia. It was painted by Essencia Art Collective (Shalak Attack, Fiyabruxa and Brunosmoky).
Both Adelaide St. East and Richmond St. East pass over King Street as they converge into Eastern Avenue. Recently the concrete supports that help hold up these overpasses have been painted in bright, bold pictures. The murals are entitled ‘Frozen Memories’ and they were designed and painted by street artist Shalak Attack with help from Bruno Smoky and Fiya Bruxa.
Each pillar has a large face on the side that faces King Street and a picture that depicts something representative of Corktown on the other sides.
These murals are a part of the StreetARToronto Underpass Program or “StART UP.”
Enoch Turner established Toronto’s first free school in the Corktown area in 1848.
Two of the main industries in Corktown were bricks and beer. One pillar pays homage to the people who worked in these industries, including this bricklayer.
This mural is a another tribute to the early days of Corktown. Sailing ships, maps and compasses are for the immigrants that came here. The first church built in Corktown was Little Trinity in 1843. It’s stained glass window is shown here.
other views
There is a mural in the lane way that runs beside 530 Richmond Street West (and connects with Graffiti Alley). It was completed earlier this summer. It is a collaborative effort by Shalak Attack (woman’s face), Kevin Ledo (child’s face), Uber5000 (blue cat) and Bruno Smokey ( man).
A number of people were taking pictures when I was there.
death dangles from her ears
grimaces? smiles?
ghetto cat
I guess it’s dinner time…. pizza, tacos and beets!
eyes to the right
chicken fingers
as I walk Toronto 