Labrona’s roots: Trains, back alleys, and friends

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Labrona and Mathieu Connery.

It’s hard to not come back to Labrona‘s art. Not only because he is one of my favorite street artists ever, but also because he is one of those who continues to create the same way he has created since the beginning, year after year, for him, on the streets, on trains, with his friends. He continues to work and keeps up his generosity, without paying mind to changes that have disrupted the street art movement lately. For this, he should have the respect of all. Most importantly, he cherishes time spent creating with friends, because to create in the streets is also for him a real opportunity to share a good time with good friends. All the following pieces were done during last summer and fall, in Montreal and Toronto by Labrona with Troy Lovegates, Gawd, Monosourcil, Kim, Kat, Produkt and Mathieu Connery.

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Labrona and friends, new murals in Montreal

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Labrona and Gawd’s mural in Montreal.

It’s not really a surprise if I tell you that Labrona is one of my favorite artist in the Montreal art scene… I could probably say he is my favorite. so I am really lucky to have time to catch him on several projects this summer. First, just before the MURAL festival, Fred Caron, Kashink and him collaborated on a mural in Griffintown area. Second, he painted 3 doors during MURAL. Then there is this big wall he painted with Gawd in mid-July (above), and finally a beautiful series of portraits with Monosourcil pasted on the streets in June. Very stunning collaborations! And it’s only the beginning of the summer…

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Labrona and Gawd

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Mural by Labrona, Fred Caron, Kashink:

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Kashink, Labrona, fred Caron.
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details, Labrona.
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dog by Caron, hands by Kashink.

2 of the 3 doors produced during MURAL festival:

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And the pieces with Monosourcil…

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little more, a detail of the last ceiling he is actually finishing, part of the mural he started last fall:

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Photos by Aline Mairet