Yesterday I “regaled” you with my evening at the Montreal Symphony House on Tuesday and promised you another post on all the wonderful graffiti/wall art I encountered on my walkabout before the show.
Today is the day, folks! Now, I mentioned I had to let my inner Resa out because she is the Queen of Graffiti finds. Just check out her site right here. The only bummer was that I was not prepared for such a ‘happening’, so to speak, so I had no camera, just my phone – which, it turned out, was not so bad after all.
I mentioned that I had spotted one mural yesterday that I had to go back to see once I parked my car, and on my way east along Ste-Catherine Street – I did say we can walk right in the middle of the street in this part of the island and they have removed the asphalt and replace with lovely, bricks? or tiles? Whatever…
Ste-Catherine Street
Bright colour caught my eye on my right and I felt compelled to go investigate. It is a street but feels more like an alleyway – plus, as you can see, this one is a certain kind of colourful 😉
As you can see the sun (yay! the sun!!) was shining in such a way that it was difficult to capture properly. I kinda wish I had taken a few more but, one must be reasonable…
Stepping back onto Ste-Catherine Street, I realised I was right in front of Foufounes Électriques – or as we like to call it, Les Foufs (translation: Electric Buns (or Butt, or Tush or… you get it…). It’s a three-story bar/show venue. The times I’ve gone there, the show going on upstairs was lots of noise being enjoyed by peeps in all manners of tatts and piercings and hair of every imaginary colour. Not trying to say I’m too old for the joint… but maybe I’ll just stay downstairs at the bar. Or in the courtyard. I dunno know why I just took just a shot of the entrance to the courtyard and not more of it. How I roll. Don’t think, just do. Ah well. An excuse to go back, right?
I walk past Les Foufs and turn into the alleyway/street just east of the building, figuring I was getting closer to the aforementioned mural I wanted to capture.
Whoa. Along Les Foufs east wall, I found this:
I turned around and the other building had this:
I keep walking and get to the back wall of Les Foufs… Jeez Louise…
And then, on the wall to the right, was this.
Is that a bright little neck of the woods, or what?
So, I end up at yesterday’s mural, take a few pics of which I shared that one yesterday and keep on walking. Well. Guess what? There was more!
Feeling properly satisfied with my discoveries, I continue to make my way back and discover this bedazzled by mosaic balcony… who does that?
Shake my head, grinning, turn the corner. And.
Wow. Can you believe all that art in less than one square mile?
I was practically skipping my way back to Ste-Catherine Street to find me some grub.
Our Hydro-Quebec is one of the sponsors of the “Quartier des Spectacles” (Entertainment or Performance Quarter) and has these whimsical statues, if you will, placed here and there. How fun (never mind just how much it costs me per month in hydro bills…)
Hydro-Quebec “Art”
I’m hoping I’ve not gone on too long this time and that you’ve enjoyed the joy I found on Tuesday.
A Dalectable Life 