Recently while visiting my brother Darrell in Ottawa, we went for a walk along an abandoned train track to a graffiti-covered bridge.
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| The Prince of Wales Bridge |
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| Question the Answer |
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"Mr. P.con resists reduction to reproduction."
What the hell does that mean ? |
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| Beware of radio active wood ? |
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What do you think this means ?
A commentary on how we care for the elderly ? |
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| WHAT is this word ? |
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"You don't love someone for their hair, their clothes,
or their fancy car. But because they sing a song,
only you can hear. You are my song Cynthia" |
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| Even the crumbling supports were adorned with colourful stenciled flowers. |
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| Not sure how to answer this one. |
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| The Houses of Parliament framed by some novel artwork. |
He's a super brother and I always treasure our walks together.
Street art at its best.
ReplyDeleteI had trouble choosing which photo to use. The artwork was quite amazing !
Delete"Question the answer" - I like that one!
ReplyDeleteI liked that one too. A lot of it was thoughtful and well-done ...
Delete"Mr.P.cob resists reduction to reproduction"
ReplyDelete"what the hell" it means:
P.Cob was a disturbed individual who covered the walls of Toronto with some of the strangest graffitiësque reportage around during the 198os & early'9os (so strange as to have him actively ignored by the historians of such activities). of the many topics troping throughout his work, 3 of them are: 1) his reduction to the state of victim by various official groups; 2) an obsession with sperm & its repositories; 3) requests to help "copy & simulate" his statements/story.
an Ottawa publisher is planning to release a portfolio of stencilprints of a selection from his work, the "proof" prints made in many public locations, of which the Prince Of Wales bridge hosts some 3o-odd of them.
this is the publisher's afterword to the selection – written in the style of Cob's works – referring both to Cob himself & the difficulty of accurately depicting the visceral impact of his work in ordinary print/type formats.
search P.Cob on Flickr & you'll find examples of the proofs of the 23 texts that will be in the portfolio, as well as a whack of the actual Toronto sites.