Murals

David Guinn and Phillip Adams used the fireworks, the Mount Royal tamtams and the crowds of festival-goers to capture summer in Montreal. Hot Summer Night is yet another mural in the series The Montreal Seasons located at Habitation Jeanne-Mance.

Le 22 février 2010 marquait le cinquantième anniversaire du décès de Paul-Émile Borduas. À cette occasion, MU a amorcé la production d’un diptyque mural visant à souligner l’apport inestimable de Borduas à la vie culturelle québécoise, et à revitaliser la Place Paul-Émile-Borduas. Cette première murale rend un hommage à la contribution de ce grand artiste à la vie artistique et sociale du Québec dans une composition graphique reprenant des éléments visuels de six différents tableaux de Borduas.
February 22, 2010 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Paul-Émile Borduas. To mark the occasion, MU launched a two-phase mural project to highlight Borduas’ important cultural contribution and to revitalize and beautify Place Paul-Émile-Borduas. The mural paid homage to Borduas’ contribution to Quebec’s artistic and social development by graphically assembling visual elements from six of the artist’s paintings.

Continuing along the theme of the four seasons found in the murals produced at the Jeanne-Mance Housing Complex (visible from de Maisonneuve Blvd. East), MU has begun a new series on the theme of the four elements (air, water, earth and fire).

Located at the Habitations Jeanne-Mance housing project (at the intersection of Ontario E. and Saint-Dominique Streets), the mural, produced by MU, is the third in the series representing the four elements. After an impressive overcast sky (L’air du temps, 2012) and the majestic Saint-Lawrence River (Au fil de l’eau, 2013), artist Philip Adams – who was in creative residency at the Habitations Jeanne-Mance during the creation of the mural – chose Mount Royal to depict the earth.

Created at the Centre éducatif communautaire René-Goupil (CECRG), this mural covering a total surface of 1860 square feet is the first production of MU! It reflects the neighborhood and more specifically the ethnic blend of cultures of its immigrant residents.

Created at Habitations Des Erables by muralist Yannick Picard, this 1200 square feet mural reflects the multiethnic origins and immigrant roots of the neighborhood.

The mural, “Qanuqtuurniq ‘Innovative and Resourceful’”, aims to create exchanges between Canadian cities and indigenous communities and to create the most impact possible for the young artists.

The artist Ilana Pichon was selected to produce this mural, which is located on the Valois station tunnel entrance building’s concrete walls. The tunnel entrance building serves as a pedestrian entrance to the tunnel, which connects the station’s north and south platforms. The artist’s mandate was to design a mural on the theme of transportation that highlights the history of the city, whose development is directly linked to the evolution of transportation.

This immense mural pays homage to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ encyclopedic collection by representing its major holdings in a playful and colourful way.

Hydro-Québec commissioned MU to produce a large mural on the Guy substation’s protective wall at the corner of rue Guy and rue St-Jacques, in the Sud-Ouest borough. The mural, which pays tribute to Little Burgundy, was produced in order to revitalize and beautify the area, and to prevent tagging and graffiti.

This mural pays tribute to the original one, revisiting its theme with a nod to its principle elements (children and swings) while adding colour, vitality and movement, in continuity with the artist’s specific pictorial exploration. The mural also highlights the legacy of Sister Madeleine-Gagnon, founder of the Maisonnette des Parents which has contributed to the the fight against isolation and the reinforcement of human bonds in La Petite-Patrie for 25 years.

Since 1979, Loto-Québec has played an important role in Quebec’s cultural and artistic ecosystem. Loto-Québec’s art procurement program has facilitated the building of a collection that, in 2016, is estimated to contain almost 5000 works by more than 1200 Quebecois artists.

Produced by MU and carried out by artist Arno (Arnaud Grégoire), the mural “World Paint” is inspired by the strong multiculturalism in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, where the mural is located.

In order to revitalize this heavily vandalized sector, MU has initiated the creation of murals on the theme of fine art that have a graffiti or “street art” aesthetic. This first intervention, a mural by artist Melissa Del Pinto, is stylistically influenced by Norval Morisseau, an artist whose works are held in the Museum of Fine Arts’ permanent collection.

This project was undertaken as part of the Ville-Marie borough’s anti-graffiti strategy. Attuned to the aesthetic of park users, the graffiti- and urban art-inspired mural that Arno created for MU can also be appreciated by neighbourhood residents and pedestrians.

As part of the 15th anniversary of the passing of Mordecai Richler, and the 85th anniversary of his birth, MU wanted to pay tribute to the great Montreal writer. Novelist, essayist and screenwriter, Mordecai Richler is the author of ten novels, including Cocksure and St. Urbain’s Horsemen, both winners of the Governor General’s Award, as well as several screenplays, essays and books for children.

This mural, covering 130 square meters, is a reproduction of an original painting by artist Miyuki Tanobe, commissioned by MU. It depicts winter play in an urban setting, daily life in a vibrant Montreal neighborhood with a few anachronisms for good measure. The mural was completed over a nine-week period by muralist Annie Hamel and MU’s artistic team.
The mural celebrates the work of Miyuki Tanobe and accordingly, is part of a series entitled Hommage aux bâtisseurs culturels montrélais, initiated by MU in 2010.

The Quartier 21 program aims to improve the health and quality of life of its citizens (greening, active transportation, urban agriculture) while the revitalization committee is focused on the redevelopment and beautification of Laurendeau Street. Carlito Dalceggio’s mural complements these ongoing efforts.

The park’s context dictated the theme and direction of this project. This mural by ARPI reinforces the Saint Cunégonde Park as an area for relaxation in an island of nature that is both luxurious and serene. To produce his mural, ARPI took inspiration from the spirit exuding from the neighbourhood and his desire to bring local residents somewhere else.