Montreal is an amazing city that celebrates graffiti art and culture. While you are exploring the city you can notice that it's a hub of graffiti culture.
Every second or third corner you can a find a tags, throw-ups, straight letters or murals adorning a wall.
That shows you how prolific are the artists in here.
Graffiti and street art on the walls are the ephemeral evidence of their creativity, as they can not know how long their artwork will last.
What's the difference between street art and graffiti? People tend to define street art as something that has an aesthetic purpose.
Graffiti on the other hand, is considered a lower form of art (some don't even consider it an art), consisting mainly of tags meant to satisfy the artists' ego and spam the community, in order get his name out there, gain popularity.
The MURAL Festival will reach its 6th edition this year. The international and local artists will showcase their artworks in the city, by creating new murals or redoing old ones.
Each summer Montreal hosts an international graffiti art festival called Under Pressure which is one of the longest longest running graffiti festival in North America.
While I was trying to take a photo of a mural, I noted the reflection of the building behind me in the window. It gave a surreal effect to the table placed inside of the restaurant. It looked as if it was part of a framed painting combining two worlds: the inside of the restaurant and the brick building outside.
Which one of the above murals you liked?
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