Street Art #145 Fonki, Montreal (Canada)
WHERE
4129 rue Saint Urbain, Montreal, Canada.
WHO
Born in France and growing up in Montreal, Fonki is a street-artist who started graffiti at the age of 15 years old in the streets of Montreal. In summer 2012, a trip to Cambodia (country of his parents) greatly influenced him, especially Angkor with Kbach style, decorative elements of Cambodian architecture.
More of his works (pics from his website) :
Under Pressure, 2017
Beyond Walls Lynn Festival, 2017
WHEN
- 2016. Still Visible.
Sources
My Old Posts about Street Art
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#143 Lee Nickless, Montreal
#142 Waxhead, Cryote & Lyfer, Montreal
#141 Carlito Dalceggio, Montreal
#140 Melissa Del Pinto, Montreal
Bonus Video
Always interesting to see artist at work :
FONKi FT. SCEAK - Integral Yoga Institute mural, 2014
The amount of work that went into the detail is incredible!
The amount of work
That went into the detail
Is incredible!
- onepagex
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Especially with the Kbach style, many details.
Absolutely beautiful.
The realism and style.. what a beautiful murale. Truely this is art.
Yep, a true artist Fonki... he sold some of his paintings at Christie's (source)
Congratulations @heroldius!
You raised your level and are now a Minnow!
As well a nice one! I always try to imagine how the wall would look like without it. I don´t know the surrounding area. But I am sure this Saint Mother changed the place. We should have much much much more of that in all of our cities. It just gives different input to your brain. Even if it´s only for a short look. (grey wall --> grey thoughts, mostly grey and not nice / color wall --> color thougts, mostly good and nice)
I have to add something, it´s not correct, or I left it open. Because: Only to have color on the wall is not enough. I don´t want to have a commercial of the Citybank or of Mercedes or whatever there. .... So there is much more. It´s not only about the "color". It´s about how it came to the wall. I had to add this. Because a big "colored" addvertisment can hurt your eyes even more than a grey wall.
Agree with you, a great mural often embellishes the street where it's contrary to an big commercial.