Rendez-vous unique dans le nord-est américain, le festival international d'art public MURAL est le plus important rassemblement artistique canadien à marier la création d'œuvres d'envergure avec la transformation durable du paysage urbain. Fort de l'immense succès de sa première édition en 2013, le festival a remporté le prix Ulysse du meilleur festival ou événement touristique de sa catégorie aux Grands Prix du tourisme québécois pour la région de Montréal.
Pixel Pancho - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by Pixel PanchoMURAL Festival
Working constantly with an earthy color scheme to convey a more ancient feeling, Pixel creates robotic creatures inspired by different environments.
A child is offering food to the robot.
Barré by EscifMURAL Festival
Escif use of subdued colors and simple lines helps him communicate his humorous and often direct commentary on capitalism, politics, the economy and other sensitive social issues.
All the lines are made with aerosol. Escif has an amazing technique.
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Stikkie Peaches - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by Stikkie PeachesMURAL Festival
Lightly buttered with a satirical twist, yet salted with sarcasm, each piece makes you want to stop, analyze, question and hopefully leaves you with a smile... What if art ruled the world?
Whose Nationalism (13-16 June 2013) by GaiaMURAL Festival
The mural uses a Paul Kane landscape painting of the British Colombian frontier as a foundation to recreate the Quebecois flag replacing the fleur-de-lis with three aboriginal medicine masks and the portrait of former Prime Minister Rene Levesque.
Reka - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by RekaMURAL Festival
With influences in pop culture, cartoons and illustration, Reka creates his own world of mysterious creatures that communicate though colour and movement, based around the style of abstracted fantasy and surrealism.
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Omen - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by OmenMURAL Festival
Omen’s style is immediately recognizable, often cast in stark black and white his murals and canvases have a haunted quality about them. His use of negative space and ephemeral but controlled lines allows one to enter his paintings in a way that few street artists offer their viewers.
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Mural Festival 2013 - Jour 1 / Day 1 (13-16 June 2013) by Mural 2013MURAL Festival
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Phlegm - Mural Festival 2013 - Close-up part 1 (13-16 June 2013) by PhlegmMURAL Festival
Phlegm states that he has a strange relation to graffiti. His style has grown strictly and entirely from his self-published comics, as opposed to letter styles.
Phlegm’s work is distinctively detailed composed of odd figures and a narrative structure. His work inspires greatness and is even often inspired by graffiti where Phlegm transforms run down urban spaces and factories.
Phlegm - Mural Festival 2013 - Close-up part 2 (13-16 June 2013) by PhlegmMURAL Festival
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Phlegm really got inspired by the environment for these artwork.
En Masse - Mural Festival 2014 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by En MasseMURAL Festival
This wall by En Masse was sponsored by the RogersCup, that's why the «tennis» theme is really visible.
Ricardo Cavolo - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by Ricardo CavoloMURAL Festival
Labrona - Mural Festival 2013 - Close-up (12-15 June 2014) by LabronaMURAL Festival
Labrona inserts beauty into everyday life with his artwork, but without ignoring the grittiness of the places where he finds himself painting, resulting in a synergy between traditional beauty and worn-down everyday realities that brings new life to wherever he paints.
Jardin Volant (13-16 June 2013) by BonarMURAL Festival
This was his first big mural. He has come a long way since 2013 but the details in this wall are still very impressive.
Hochelaga (13-16 June 2013) by LNYMURAL Festival
LNY's iconography spans a wide combination of mythology, portraiture and secular signifiers.
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Mural Festival 2013 - Jour 2 / Day 2 (13-16 June 2013) by Mural 2013MURAL Festival
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ROA - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama by RoaMURAL Festival
Renowned for his giant paintings of black and white animals, ROA chose canadians animals for his wall in Montreal.
Bear
Bison
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Christina Angelina - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by Christina AngelinaMURAL Festival
Other - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by OtherMURAL Festival
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Mural Festival 2013 - Jour 3 / Day 3 (13-16 June 2013) by Mural 2013MURAL Festival
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Stare - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by StareMURAL Festival
WZRDGNG - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by WZRDGNGMURAL Festival
Paria - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by PariaMURAL Festival
Chris Dyer - Mural Festival 2013 - panorama (13-16 June 2013) by Chris DyerMURAL Festival
Chris Dyer hopes to pass on a positive message to the youth with these expressions.
Mural Festival 2013 - Recap (13-16 June 2013) by Mural 2013MURAL Festival
Watch the video recap of the first edition ever of MURAL festival in 2013 !