#upmtl

[scenefromthesidewalk]

UNDER PRESSURE FESTIVAL

by Box Vincent

"Calligraphy is coming back strong" says Montreal marketing and graphic design agency @BaboonCreation and local art collective @GarbageBeauty is putting it to good use to beautify junk left on the streets of the city. Box Vincent, also a member of the @Suprema.Caligrafia.Crew , says he has been painting Garbage Beauty around the world since 2011 but he's doing far more than painting junk and in August, 2019 he participated in Montreal's annual Under Pressure ( @UP_MTL ) festival, painting this wall on Rue Sainte Catherine.  @boxvincent/

[positivecreations]

So on Sunday I got a last minute invitation to paint a chunky wall at an og Montreal graffiti festival called Under Pressure @up_mtl . These painting jams (along all the other elements of hiphop culture) have been happening here for 23 years, since the days when graffiti was looked down upon as a terrible crime. Though I was freshly arrived from Hungary n very jet lagged, I accepted to participate. I didn’t know what to paint n wanted to try something new, so influenced on the bootleg ways of my friend/assistant @germdee I painted a @bootlegbart . I usually dont like to paint other artist’s characters, cause I feel people like it cause of who he is, instead of how he’s done, so I really tried to give this Bert Sampson a vibe of my own. I’ve been watching the Simpsons since 1990 and always resonated with Bart’s rebel/trouble maker ways, so it was real fun to do! It’s on the corner of Saint Catherine and Saint Elizabeth, downtown Montreal, if you wanna check it out! #bertsampson #bartsimpson #bart #bootlegbart #thesimpsons #mural #spraypaintart #underpressure #upmtl #graffiti #graffitijam #skateboarding #montreal (at MVP Restaurant & Bar Sportif)

[adidafallenangel]

The windows of love! Massive wheatpaste piece done for the Underpressure international graffiti festival 2018 in Montreal. ART LOVE LIFE. 3 basic elements I believe we need more of. Each window has a different typography vibrations pumping love into the streets. Each window was composed by 4 large stripes of paper that were no picnic to stitch. Like love and art and life, you need to work at it and give it all you got. Massive love to @up_mtl for letting me play this year and big love to all the volunteers how helped out. Could have not done it without you. #streetart #streetartmtl #lineart #spraypaint #typography #love #theloveconcept #adidafallenangel #upmtl #freshpaintgallery #underpressure #up2018 #graffiti #wheatpasteart #wheatpaste #style #heart #art #largescale #mural #muralmtl (at Montreal, Quebec)

[banditism]

RepostBy @jfsavaria: "The street isn't always full of colors. #cinqcentquatorze #mtlmoments #upmtl #underpressure #underpressure2017 #123klan #homeless

[scenefromthesidewalk]

"ONIBAKU ROBOT"

by Raphaël Dairon

Formally trained in Europe in art direction and graphic design French illustrator and designer Raphaël Dairon now calls Montréal home. Drawing since he was a boy Dairon is a prolific creator of detailed comic-book like pieces and always experimenting. In 2019 he created this manga inspired demon robot on Rue Sainte Élizabether at Rue Sainte Catherine for Montréal's long-running Under Pressure graffiti festival. Founded in 1996 the volunteer run @UP–MTL says it is now the world's oldest festival of urban culture still active.  @raphael_dairon/

[scenefromthesidewalk]

UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL

by Scribe and Tchug

"We realized we didn't have the credibility we needed and that the city, police and media were not really aware of street-art culture." —Sterling Downey, Under Pressure co-founder

Now a quarter century old and the largest graffiti and hip hop festival in North America, Sterling Downey says @UP_MTL started as a joke but has since turned into an important means of keeping Montréal informed about different sides of the debate over graffiti. Centered around a weekend in late summer the festival brings more than 100 artists from near and far to the Quartier Des Spectacles neighborhood to celebrate alongside musical performances and urban dancing competitions. In 2019 graffiti writers Scribe and Tchug, aka Francois Leandre, added this work on Rue Sainte-Elisabeth at Sainte Catherine St.  @tchugness/  @scribecsx/

[aldarwin1]

Here we go again! 25 years of Hip Hop in Montreal 💥 celebrations going online this week and weekend. Full program on our website www.underpressure.ca . Follow us: @up_mtl And @freshpaintgallery And @adidafallenangel #aldarwin #mtl #montreal #upmtl #freshpaintgallery #underpressure #up2020 #xxvtolife #graffiti #streetart #hiphop #culture #bboying #breakdance #96tillinfamy #upmtl25 #festival #graffiti_of_our_world #streetartmontréal #streetartmontreal #grafflife #streetart_official #streetart_addiction #mtlart #montrealmoments #montreal_explorations #montrealgraffititour #montrealstreet #montrealstreetartist #canadagraffiti (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgo-U9h7u8/?igshid=x6wm1rosidpp

[adidafallenangel]

Here we go again! 25 years of Hip Hop in Montreal 💥 celebrations going online this week and weekend. Full program on our website www.underpressure.ca . Follow us: @up_mtl And @freshpaintgallery . #mtl #montreal #upmtl #freshpaintgallery #underpressure #up2020 #xxvtolife #graffiti #streetart #hiphop #culture #bboying #breakdance #96tillinfamy #upmtl25 #festival (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDeOCopD1yz/?igshid=166hcrthsqnmn