CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Plateau Mont Royal – 505 Avenue Laurier Est – École Laurier – ART DU COMMUN

Hummingbird This wonderful artwork was made in the school yard of the school “École Laurier” by the collective ART DU COMMUN. INFOTHEK Artist:  JASMIN GUÉRARD ALIE Website:  https://www.jasminguerardalie.ca Artist:   SIMON BACHAND Website:  http://simonbachand.com Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/simon_bachand Art Collective:  ART DU COMMUN Website:  https://www.artducommun.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Artducommun-1420677331527513 Collection Art du Commun:  https://vagabundler.com/canada/streetart-map-montreal/art-du-commun Photographer: PATRICE LORANGER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ploranger4417 …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Pointe Claire – 246 Chemin Bord-du-Lac – ART DU COMMUN

Mémoire de l’eau  –  Water Memory The mural, entitled: Mémoire de l’eau, is located near the Pointe-Claire marina. The artists of the collective ART DU COMMUN wanted to highlight the history of Pointe-Claire, intimately linked to Lac Saint-Louis, a widening of the Saint-Laurent river at the height of the municipality. Archival images have been used …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Lachine – 1537 Rue Notre Dame – ART DU COMMUN

This mural is inspired by an 1878 photograph by famous photographers Notmam and Sandham. It is part of the collection of the McCord Museum. Here you can see courageous travelers facing the Lachine rapids. Long before these became a tourist attraction and a place of leisure, it was a dangerous place of passage to reach …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Lachine – 735 Rue Notre Dame – ART DU COMMUN

From 1925 to 1969, the photographer Charles-Auguste Barbier had a photography studio on this street corner. This great mural with a historical flavor is part of a series that chronicles the life of the neighborhood and the merchants of Rue Notre Dame in Lachine. This street is still one of the major commercial axes of …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Lachine – 150 Rue Notre Dame – ART DU COMMUN

The Liner The artists used the shape of the building and its structures to create a very successful trompe l’oeil mural, means optical illusion artwork. The festive side of the work clashes greatly with the dull and industrial environment of this sector of Montreal. This great mural with a historical flavor is part of a …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Lachine – 915 Rue Notre Dame – ART DU COMMUN

Cinéma, cinéma! The Empress cinema was located on this street corner and made the heyday of rue Notre-Dame from 1915 to 1970. On the southeast corner of the intersection you can still see the building that housed the cinema all these years. This great mural with a historical flavor is part of a series that chronicles …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Ville Saint-Pierre – 29 Avenue Ouellette – Martin Bélanger School – ART DU COMMUN

The murals were made by the duo ART DU COMMUN and this collective consists of Montreal artists JASMIN GUÉRARD ALIE and SIMON BACHAND who regularly team up for colorful urban creations. The artworks you can see here on the Martin Bélanger schoolyard were curated by Comité graffiti Lachine and Ville de Montréal. INFOTHEK Artist:  JASMIN …

CANADA: Streetart Montréal – Lachine – 1070 Rue Notre Dame – ART DU COMMUN

Lachine Railroad Tchou, tchou! It was November 19th 1847, the first trip on the Lachine Railroad. 12 kilometers between Montreal downtown and Lachine 21st Avenue. This great mural with a historical flavor is part of a series that chronicles the life of the neighborhood and the merchants of Rue Notre Dame in Lachine. This street …