{"id":4366,"date":"2020-02-26T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:38:06","slug":"different-by-design-volume-11-toronto-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/26\/different-by-design-volume-11-toronto-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Different By Design &#8211; Volume 11 &#8211; Toronto Graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our latest edition of Different By Design &#8211; Volume 11, we look at some of our favourite graffiti works from around Toronto in recent years.  There is no doubt that Toronto is a world class city for graffiti and street art and these works just reinforce that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-762x762.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_3663-king-west-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>King West Graffiti Wall<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New York based street artist Buff Monster completed this piece (shown below) in 2015 on a garage door off King Street West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-762x762.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buffmonster-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Buff Monster &#8211; King West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South African artist Faith47 installed this piece at Toronto&#8217;s Evergreen Brickworks in 2013.  She titled it &#8220;The Pull of the Land&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/October-2017-5365-brickworks-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Faith47 &#8211; Brick Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To this day, there is much debate about Graffiti in Toronto and whether it constitutes art or vandalism but there is no denying the quality of the work throughout Toronto and the talent behind it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest edition of Different By Design &#8211; Volume 11, we look at some of our favourite graffiti works from around Toronto in recent years. There is no doubt that Toronto is a world class city for graffiti and street art and these works just reinforce that! 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