More Stencils

Zebra on Rachel

Saw this bit o art on Rachel street just east of St. Laurent. I wonder why there is only half a zebra?  Did the artist get lazy and couldn’t be bothered with the back?  I wonder if it is supposed to be turning the corner and it was just badly placed.  Oh well I like it and was happy to find it.

I found it on my way to lunch with my friend Daniel.  We went to a restaurant called something like pattit patate?  Food was quite good actually and the place had loads of charm. A great mix of french and english speaking locals with a few tourists mixed in.  I am starting to think that St. Laurent is the most diverse street in town. Seems like where all parts of Montreal come together, old and new, english and french, tourists and locals.

The next stencil was found this morning on St. Christophe in the Village on my way back from the gym.  Not sure if it is as effective as the zebra but I have to give the artist credit cause they used more than one colour.  Not only is it technically more challenging but I would think it takes more balls to stand there with multiple stencils and multiple cans of paint hoping not to get caught and have to abandon your work before it is finished.

Figure on St. Christophe

 

I like the 80′s look of the figure, androgynous, skinny tie, lots of air in the hair.  Maybe because I spent the end of the eighties in Montreal it appeals, not sure.  The non gender specificity of the work is appropriate for the village too.

We head to Toronto tonight for a few days then Paul is off to the west coast while I return to Montreal. I will keep my phone / camera handy to grab some Toronto stencilling.