Today, the weather was perfect, sunny and not too cold, for a little winter stroll through the streets and alleys of Montreal. But there were few discoveries, a lot of toying 😟... Ephemeral Street Art.

While waiting for me to sort the photos, here is a small series about one of my favorite artists Lost Claws. I love his paste-ups with his unique sense of humor :

With this paste-up, thanks to the turtle, I immediately thought of a series of books that I used to read assiduously in my youth : Discworld by Terry Pratchett, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. I had a good laugh reading these books. You ?

WHERE

Parc Palomino-Brind'Amour, Montreal, Canada.

Position on Google Maps

WHO

Lost Claws aka The Local Annoyance as he defines himself on his Instagram, is street artist specializing especially in wheatpasting. But not always :

his signature is the skull, which I find rather friendly. On the corner Saint Joseph boulevard and Saint Denis Street.

His works appeared in the streets of Montreal in 2017. With his different characters (a big tooth, a skeleton and the Death), he made some dark sarcastic views on our actual society. He always find the right word to define with humor the current situation like this one :

533 Lost Claws Ruelle Mont Royal.jpg

We're all in this together, done during the first Covid lockdown last spring in Montreal. The position of the work is just perfect !

As you can see, I done a lot of posts about Lost Claws :

Short Street Art #27with a paste-up of a skeleton Found Keys
Short Street Art #46, another paste-up with a drinking elephant I Won't Remember You
Short Street Art #48 graffiti White Skull
Street Art #256 with some paste-ups
Short Street Art #57 special Halloween with a ghost Pretending to be Something I'm not
Street Art #284 during the first lockdown 6 feet away
Street Art #321. a green skull in the Mile-End neighbourhood.