After the High School Baron (Street Art #280) and the beautiful mural done by Lacey & Layla Art (Street Art #281), we continue down the rue Clark, direction of downtown Montreal, to look to this superb mural made by Kevin Ledo for dans le cadre de 2014 Mural Festival. This realistic portrait is close to the Lacey & Layla Art's style, like series in the same street.
Portrait of Mary Socktish, 2014
This winter, I finally got a photo without a car as it's a parking...
WHERE
4100 rue Clark, Montreal, Canada.
Position on Google Maps
WHO
Born in Montreal in 1978, Kevin Ledo finished his studies of Illustration and Design at Dawson College (Montreal) in 1999. With his murals, he aspires to create visually bold and iconic compositions, focusing on portraits with stylized abstract forms without background in a minimalist style like this one with a golden star :
He inspired from a old picture done Edward Curtis a century ago of a woman of the Hupa tribe in Northern California. Curtis was an America photographer (1868-1952) passionate about the American West and Native people. More photo of Edward Curtis (from Wikipedia) :
Self-portrait, circa 1889
Princess Angeline, 1896
About his other sources of inspiration :
"I’m inspired with the period of analytical cubism by Braque and Picasso with the breaking of form, its earthy tones and the composition of shattered images. Another influence would be Chuck Close and his hyperrealism. But most especially Alphonse Mucha, the Art Nouveau illustrator, has been a great influence in my work." - Source Interview in his studio in 2018 done by Mural Festival
Not far away (67-53 Rue Napoléon), Kevin Ledo did a huge tribute to Leonard Cohen, after his death November 2016. Its dimensions are impressive, 40 m x 27 m (130’x90') :
Tribute to Leonard Cohen (more about it on Street Art #45)
WHEN
- 2014.
Sources
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#281 Lacey & Layla Art, Montreal
#280 Baron's High School, Montreal
#279 LMNOPI, Montreal
#278 Laurence Bélanger, Montreal