Street Art #329 Wüna & Hest1, Montreal
Today, a very cool mural done by two artists Wüna and Hest1 with the help of the children because the park is right next to a child care centre : CME St-Louis (CME stands for Centre Multi Ethinique - Multi Ethnic Center) :
Really difficult to take a good picture of this mural because of the difference of luminosity between the different parts: a very shady part because of the trees and another one in full sunshine.
No childs but a stroller... 😀
WHERE
Park Universty Settlement on Clark Street, Montreal, Canada.
Position on Google Maps
CME St Louis
WHO
Wüna
Wüna is a French street artist from the south of France based since 2012 in Montreal. She discovered graffiti in the skatepark as a teenager and started writing and break dance in 2001. In 2005, she studied in Toulouse (south of France) and met many other writers.
"I find in those two disciplines, a passionate quest and a daily search for flow, fluidity, and harmony trough Movement, whether in letters or in body. I don’t like static things, I like when things evolve..." - Wüna (source : Bombingscience.com - very interesting interview by the way, 2018)
Her works mixes cartoon characters, often animals and lettering as you can see :
And I like her description of the Street Art Cold Season in Montreal, stay inside or fly south 😀
"As for the winter, it is certain that it plays a very important role in the dynamics of the scene. During this period, I focus on other projects, I do sketches and sometimes interior graffiti projects, and as much as possible I fly away a few weeks in the sun and paint abroad." - Wüna (source : Bombingscience.com)
Hest1
I don't have many information about Hest1 aka The Wild Child, street artist also from France and based between Paris and Montreal. He started the Street Art in 1989 thanks to a BMX racing event.
"The name Hest was chosen because of the timeliness, as those four letters keep turning up good with unusual lettering styles, and maintain silence and sharpness in the process of introduction." - (source : www.widewalls.ch)
WHEN
- 2019.
Sources
Wüna
Wüna's interview on Bombingscience.com
My Previous Posts about Street Art
#328 Naïmo, Montreal
#327 Art du Commun
#326 Waxhead, Montreal
#325 Laurence Belanger
#324 Denial, Mort & Jamie Janx
#323 Hoar, Jest... (UP 2020)
#322 H2K & LTG (UP 2020)
Bonus Pics
Graffiti Session with Hest1 Bombing Science