After Street Art #310, another post about Madame Gilles, very active or I was lucky to find many of her paste-ups 😀. Whatever the cause, I hope it will continue because hers work is really very interesting and beautiful :
In the Park of Portugal, we find a lot of hes works... like a golden vein.
WHERE
On Saint Dominique Street near Parc of Portugal, Montreal, Canada.
Position on Google Maps
Exactly on a house repainted by the artist Zilon during the 2014 Mural Festival. There is nothing left of this mural (you can see it on the Mural Festival website) except maybe the silver color used as a background.
WHO
Madame Gilles is an visual artist based in Montreal. Since her beginnings, she has had a special interest in Pop Art and especially Andy Warhol and Jean- Michel Basquiat. After studying Graphic Art in Montreal, she became interested about Street Art. The artist Shepard Fairey aka Obey has a big influence on her work.
Two works with some torn paste-ups done by Laurence Belanger, the beetles finely drawn in black and white. We often find the works of these two artists side by side but I don't know if they work together to paste them together.
Close-up
"Visual artist, sometimes on the street, sometimes on canvas, in Montreal." - Madame Gilles
Madame Gilles uses often the same format mixing shapes and photos, playing with repetition to create an absolutely incredible graphic paste-ups.
On the same building, around a door made by Jamie Janx with the bird, we find 3 other paste-ups.
Closer...
... even closer. Same paste-up but other location.
I'll have to do another post because she's such a creative artist with quality works that I appreciate a lot. And last fall, I found another spot with many new paste-ups. If you're interested, she sells poster on her website madamegilles.com, the series Vice-Versa but I like less... I hope to see on sale soon a print of this work :
No word... just 🙏
WHEN
- 2020.
Sources
Mural Festival
madamegilles.com
Instagram :
Madame Gilles
Laurence Belange
Jamie Janx
My Previous Posts about Street Art
#330 DFEK, Montreal
#329 Wüna & Hest1, Montreal
#328 Naïmo, Montreal
#327 Art du Commun
#326 Waxhead, Montreal
#325 Laurence Belanger
#324 Denial, Mort & Jamie Janx
Good night and sweet dreams...
...because for me it's time to go to bed 😴