Monday, February 3, 2014

Awakened

A retaining wall along Bathurst St has been awakened by a mural running for hundreds of feet up the hill north of Davenport, hence the title for this post since despierta means awake in Spanish. This wall has been the site for mindless tagging over the years and so the city commissioned the Brooklyn artists known as Faile to produce a mural for the space. Faile is actually Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller although they designed the piece and sent other artists to paint it. I will show more of this very long work over the next few days.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here for more murals.
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22 comments:

  1. Luis GomezFebruary 3, 2014 at 8:47 AM

    Good work. At least is not tagged anymore.

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  2. Taken For GrantedFebruary 3, 2014 at 9:41 AM

    Surprised to see Spanish in Toronto. Interesting mural, good to know its history.

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  3. SharonFebruary 3, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    Interesting work here. Hopefully, it will be safe from future tagging.

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  4. Jackie McGuinnessFebruary 3, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    Very cool, weather looks cool also.
    Looking forward to seeing more of the mural.

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  5. KarenFebruary 3, 2014 at 9:56 AM

    That's an interesting one. It brightens up the drab winter landscape.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2014 at 11:09 AM

    The owl certainly looks wide awake too, very impressive!

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  7. TexWisGirlFebruary 3, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    it is interesting. not my favorite, though.

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  8. HalcyonFebruary 3, 2014 at 11:41 AM

    Definitely brightens things up! I love the cute owlie!

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  9. William KendallFebruary 3, 2014 at 12:18 PM

    It looks quite vibrant!

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  10. LowellFebruary 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    Thank you for the explanation of the word, "despierta." I shall endeavor to call out "Despierta" in a loud voice whenever certain members of my familia are sleeping too late!

    It's an interesting mural. I like the owl. So when a wall is painted like this the bad taggers leave it alone?

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  11. cieldequimperFebruary 3, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    Love the owl! I desperately needed to be awake today after a sleepless night, hopefully this will help me tomorrow!

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  12. AndyFebruary 3, 2014 at 3:44 PM

    Toronto seems to adding new murals all over the city. Happy hunting Pat.

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  13. Laura. MFebruary 3, 2014 at 5:35 PM

    We will be very awake, waiting the next post ;)

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  14. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comFebruary 3, 2014 at 7:55 PM

    Wonder why they needed US artists to design it, you have so many great murals right in your great city

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  15. hamiltonFebruary 3, 2014 at 7:55 PM

    As I recall it is a steep climb up that hill. One would need to be awake to get to the top!

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  16. LoisFebruary 3, 2014 at 10:02 PM

    How nice! I love the owl.

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  17. RandyFebruary 3, 2014 at 10:22 PM

    What a cool find!

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  18. Oakland Daily PhotoFebruary 3, 2014 at 11:16 PM

    I especially like the lettering with the flowers entwined. Look forward to the additional posts about this mural. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.

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  19. UnknownFebruary 4, 2014 at 6:19 AM

    Thanks for the information... I really love your blog posts... specially those on prakashsilks

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  20. Tanya BreeseFebruary 4, 2014 at 8:31 AM

    i love the flower vine!

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  21. EG CameraGirlFebruary 4, 2014 at 10:57 AM

    I wonder if taggers really will leave this one alone. Only time will tell.

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  22. VioletSkyFebruary 4, 2014 at 6:01 PM

    Love the owl! I love all owls :)
    I used to live at the top of this road and would have appreciated having this mural to look at during the climb!

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