When I found this, I thought… OMG! Muhammad Ali!
I showed it to someone who is a boxing fan. They said maybe not.
What do you think? Muhammad Ali, or not?
Pics taken by Resa – October 8, 2020
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Category: Alley Gallery
4th Try was a Charm
I thought this was a well done piece, but there was a big ass vehicle parked.
I couldn’t get a straight on shot, and ended up with demented angles. Those are interesting, but I just wanted a straight on.
I tried everything… reflections…
Next time was even tighter between the vehicle, and the art.
Took pics of the cute motorbike. A Harley or BMW is a motorcycle.
The time after that, I was impressed with how close the vehicle was parked to the wall, without knocking off the rear view mirror.
Then it happened on my 4th time walking by.
There was an old, low car there, and I could take head on pics.
Pics taken by Resa – May, June, July & August 2020
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
So loving the decals!
Scheheraholly
Just because I’ve walked through an alley 1000 times, doesn’t mean I won’t find something new.
…and so, out doing errands, I take the alley…
… and find Scheheraholly.
Pics taken by Resa – August 4, 2020
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Some fab reflections of Scheheraholly.
Martin Luther King Jr.
“That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.”
“The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.”
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”
“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.”
“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”
“Mankind must put and end to war or war will put an end to mankind.””
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Pics taken by Resa – June 15, 2020
Toronto, Canada
The Artists:
Not sure who painted MLK Jr. but the Zianna Oliphant art is signed:
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”
Make Art Not War
More art from Toronto’s Graffiti Alley’s artists’ peaceful protest.
The straw that broke the camel’s back.
I believe this black panther is by Nick Sweetman.
There is LOTS of writing in the alley. I couldn’t capture it all. Sometimes the lane was too, narrow. Also, there was a portrait of MLK JR. coming up & I was running out of battery.
James Baldwin – “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Smaller bits from the alley.
Pics taken by Resa – June 15, 2020
Toronto, Canada
Some of the artists:
I can’t breathe
Intermissions
I find this piece beyond interesting. I found it in an alley, twice.
The first time was on May 6, 2020. There were no leaves on the trees, it was sunny and the bare branches’ shadows made a veil on her face.
The next time was June 8, 2020. The leaves had grown in on the trees, and the sun was in a different position. The shadows made a lacy frame.
Pics taken by Resa – May 6 & June 8, 2020
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Artists Paint Graffiti Alley in Support – #Black Lives Matter
Someone painted George Floyd. Someone painted Jamal Francique. Someone painted Zianna Oliphant. Many painted “I can’t breathe”. I wanted to start this series with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. In the end I decided to reveal my experience from the beginning, as I discovered this multitude of art and messages.
I entered Graffiti Alley from the west end. I was greeted by a mural of Malcom X.
“You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.”
After having basked in this fabulous mural for a long time, I head east into the alley.
“Breonna Taylor – Say Her Name”
This is Part One (There’s just way too, much for 1 post!)
Pics taken by Resa – June 15, 2020
Toronto,Canada
Malcolm X Artist:
