Occasional Toronto: Suits

Monday, April 1, 2013

Suits

This very long mural is located at a railway underpass on the north side of Dupont St and was completed in 2008 by artist Joel Richardson. The same artist did a mural in 2011 on the south side of Dupont and was paid by the city to do the work. Unfortunately some zealous workers in the anti-graffiti department of the city decided that that one was graffiti and had it removed. There was a huge uproar and the artist was again paid to repaint it. This one on the north side managed to avoid all the confusion! I have no idea what the mural means.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here for more murals.

15 comments:

Sharon said...: That is a very interesting mural. There is a lot to study.; April 1, 2013 at 9:35 AM
Karen said...: Brightens up a dull cityscape!; April 1, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Andy said...: That is one very long mural.; April 1, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Anonymous said...: Interesting, lots of faceless people in suits. I wonder what he is saying?; April 1, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Unknown said...: The 'denied' sounds like a cry of revolt.; April 1, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Birdman said...: ... and many pedestrians crossing too. It looks like.; April 1, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Cool :-); April 1, 2013 at 4:02 PM
William Kendall said...: It's a good mural. So that's the one centred in that debacle? I do recall the story...; April 1, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Pam said...: Maybe all the loans denied during the recession? Hmmm...; April 1, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Oakland Daily Photo said...: Don't know what it means either, but I like its rhythm both in shapes and colors. Glad the city government decided to right the bureaucratic wrong. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.; April 1, 2013 at 10:21 PM
Randy said...: Interesting mural.; April 1, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Lúcia said...: Maybe it means how similar we are despite all the differences, or unity is strenght. Interesting story btw. ;-); April 2, 2013 at 2:11 AM
EG CameraGirl said...: Uh, I remember that kerfluffle! That really is a lo-n-ng mural.; April 2, 2013 at 8:05 AM
PerthDailyPhoto said...: There's got to be an interesting story there Pat. The 'denied' is intriguing!; April 2, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...: That's a pretty funny story about the maintenance men. Art is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

I like this bright modern look, it brightens up a dull area. Have no idea what it means, but I wouldn't want to scrub it off.; April 3, 2013 at 10:24 PM