Tag Archives: Graffiti
Street Art: Peace & Love.
Some beautiful yet simple street art we’ve seen recently.
Courtesy of Mushy Pony
It’s that time again ponies! We’ve done posts on graffiti, on signs, and even on burlap sacks – there is artwork to be seen everywhere in Toronto, you just need to be looking out for it. Today, we’d like to focus on some of the positive messages we’ve seen as of late – ones that make us smile as we pass by.
Category: Art
Tagged: Art, Artwork, Graffiti, Paint, Peace and Love, Stencils, street art, Toronto
Street Art: Signs.
Altered street signs in Toronto make us stop and think.
Courtesy of Mushy Pony
The Cowgirls just love stumbling across gems like this in Toronto. Call it graffiti, call it whatever you want, but we love it. We saw the sign and it opened up our eyes.
Category: Art
Tagged: Art, Graffiti, Signs, street art
The Art of Graffiti
Getting to know Toronto and its graffiti
Courtesy of mushypony.com
Since mankind found himself in a cave with a piece of charcoal in his hand, he has felt compelled to deface the wall. That spark of creativity has perpetuated throughout the ages with members of early civilizations (e.g. Egyptians, Romans) using public property to express political opinions, gossip, love and identity.
These simple scratches and marks of the past gave way in recent decades to massive displays using spray paint that could cover large areas. The secretive works of graffiti artists have created much debate about the value of these markings on public property. Some are simply tags by rival gangs – but other pieces are extremely elaborate creations that clearly included planning and thought about content, colour and message. Does the street artist simply need a large canvas and public attention? The Cowgirls investigate:
Category: Art
Tagged: Banksy, Dan Bergeron, Graeme Parry, Graffiti, Regents Park, Roadsworth, Toronto
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