Imagine all the potholes in Montreal were filled with delicious-looking mosaics – there wouldn’t be much asphalt left to drive on! Mosaich artist Jim Bachor has taken on the project of filling potholes with his fragmented representations of sweets and desserts. Treats in the Streets cleverly contrasts the rough texture/dull colour of the streets, against the smooth, colourful mosaic tiling along the streets of Chicago, and Jyväskylä, Finland. These bright, embedded works are sure to brighten any pedestrian’s day, and even more likely to cause some serious sweet-tooth cravings. We’re hoping Jim Bachor will bring his sweets to the streets of Montreal! We’re thinking a Queue-de-Casteur mosaic would do the trick.
BombPop 443-449 North Armour Street, Chicago, IL 60642 April, 2015
Mehujää Satamakatu 8, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland May, 2015
The above image entitled Crevasse is by 3D street artist Edgar Müller. His creations transform everyday surroundings into fantastical scenes. This pavement art piece was created in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland as part of the Festival of World Culture in August 2008. It’s 250-square metres and took five days to paint!
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