A walk down Graffiti Alley on a rainy night.
below: Unfortunately, one of Uber5000’s large Toronto/Canada themed murals has been defaced (the one on the north side of the alley).
below: Doug Ford running away with the money, stencil graffiti by D. Terra. Our Premier seems rather happy with his haul. Accurate?
below: A dope piece that bears some resemblance to Homer Simpson.
below: A yellow one-eyed daisy standing tall.
below: This portrait has hair!
below: For some reason, a section of one of the side lanes (McDougall Lane? or Rush Lane?) was lit by a red light. Here there was a collection of pasteups and stickers including one with an abundance of flowers in her hair, a skater figure by drecks. She is joined by a bare breasted woman with even more flowers on her head as well as a Snoopy look alike and a cat on the telly.
below: On the same wall as the above – Tweetie bird, from Australia, along with some friends. Because of the red light, this photo is very low contrast and difficult to see. Best to see this wall in the daytime! Second best, would be to check out the instagram page of tweet_streetart
below: Another selection of slaps, mostly birds this time.
below: A little raccoon
below: Mortus figure – his hands are almost big enough to hold all those skulls.
below: On the pavement
below: FP Monkey (aka Julia H), Skamoney, Monster Fan Club, and PP Spray
below: Poser bunny
below: Making a rap music video
below: The east end of Graffiti Alley, the part closest to Spadina, was very dark.
below: As it turns out, the buildings at this end (north side) are now behind a metal construction fence. Darkness equals empty I suspect.
below: Yes they matter but was there no where else to paint this? There’s so much junk in the alley that no one would miss.
below: I am going to end this post with a bit of a rant. Yes, to some extent the art in this alley has come somewhat commercialized especially with the newer buildings on Richmond that back onto the alley. Uber5000 has benefited from some of this as he has painted a few large (and very good) murals here. I understand that street art by its nature is prone to “disappearing” behind the work of others but I reject the notion that one person’s tag is as good as another person’s mural. Anyone can destroy. Anyone can paint their “name” but if you are proud of writing it over someone else’s more talented work then you haven’t progressed beyond the preschooler phase of life.
This post also appears in eyesonthestreets.blog