This is a blog post full of people shots from Sunday of Pride week-end. Some taken during Church Street festivities and some along the parade route. There are posed shots, selfies, and a few candids. To me, Pride is about the people – the diversity of the crowd, the non-judgemental ‘come as you want’ attitude. Put on your party hats and join the celebration.
One of the special exhibits at the Art Gallery of Ontario at the moment is a selection of the works of Keith Haring (1958-1990). Haring started as a graffiti artist in New York City, drawing over advertisements in the subway. Over the course of his short life he also had many solo gallery showings and participated in numerous group exhibitions. After being diagnosed with AIDS in the autumn of 1988, much of his work was geared to raising awareness about the disease.
This is a small selection of the art on display at the AGO.
His figures are very stylized and simplified. Lines show movement.
below: By the look of it, capitalism is eating people, devouring the masses.
Cranes and construction hoardings, not much new there.
below: On Dundas East, as part of the ongoing Regent Park revitalization project, there is another crane over another construction site. The hoardings around this project feature paintings by two street artists, birdo and getso.
below: These pictures were taken back in September. The hoardings are in a covered pedestrian walkway so they are in a shaded area. The railings make it unsafe to stand in the street to take close up photos, or at least I didn’t feel too safe the morning I was there.
First, the four men……
Painted on a wall at the NE corner of Dundas West and Beatrice is this Movember mural by Elicser.
It has been there since 2013.
Just to the east of that mural is a painting by birdo
as I walk Toronto 