St. John is rich in street art, not only murals and graffiti, but also statues, but I'm more interested in graffiti and murals. The first picture, located on McBride's Hill, had been painted in memory of the Great Fire of 1892. It started at a bundle of hay and then devastated a major section of the town [1].
St. John's encourages art with „a public call to individual artists and commercial galleries for submissions of artwork to be considered for purchase by the City for inclusion in the Civic Art Collection“ [2] or even hiring artists to create murals as these reduce unwanted graffiti. I have touched this topic in a blogpost eight years ago: Buchforst and the Murals [Buchforst und die Wandmalerei], in which I wondered: „The murals in the underpass on the east side of Buchforst likely require regular maintenance“ [3]. I don't like if people put their tags across pieces of street art. I think it's very disrespectful. I could live well with graffiti on shabby grey concrete walls.
I didn't see all of the murals but some picture I'd like to share. There are more to be found on the internet [4].
I didn't see all of the murals but some picture I'd like to share. There are more to be found on the internet [4].
Links and Annotations:
[1] https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/travel-stories/public-art-in-newfoundland-and-labrador
[2] https://www.stjohns.ca/en/recreation-culture/public-art.aspx
[3] Buchforst und die Wandmalerei [Buchforst and the Murals]
https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2017/05/buchforst-und-die-wandmalerei.html (Text in German)
[4] Murals
https://www.instagram.com/nlstreetart/?hl=de
Graffiti
https://www.instagram.com/graffiti_stjohns/?hl=de
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