Toronto Through My Lens
At 1033 Bay Street, there stands this bronze, marble and mosaic monolith. It was designed by Hamilton-based artist Robert Bowers and installed in 1988 as part of the Polo Club condominium complexes that went up at that time on Bay Street.
With all due respect to the artist, I think this thing is Plain Butt Ugly and the face in the circle simply gives me the creeps. The shallow, sad, empty pool with raised and dislodged tiles surrounding the piece is not doing it any favours either.
This past weekend I found these on Walton Street, just south of Gerrard Street West. They’re not actually murals, but are window coverings for a shop that is soon going to open – sure beats brown paper. On these, moods and characteristics are displayed in several languages; an interesting and unique concept.
I love black and white! Great job on putting together this collection.
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