Banksy stencil preserved in Toronto’s Path system

by all | 1 March 2017 8:15 am

[1]‘Guard with Balloon Dog,’ a stencil attributed to the famous, anonymous British street artist Banksy, has been preserved, restored and unveiled within Toronto’s Path pedestrian walkway network.

The public art dates back to May 2010, when it was applied to the rear façade of a vacant building at 90 Harbour Street. Banksy was visiting Toronto following the release of his film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, and six other works attributed to him appeared throughout the city on the same weekend.

When Menkes Developments purchased 90 Harbour Street the following year for demolition, crews removed and protected the limestone panels featuring ‘Guard with Balloon Dog.’ After the building was replaced with a new mixed-use development—including two condo towers and an office tower atop a four-storey retail mall connected to the Path—the artwork was re-installed with an interpretive panel and Toronto-based designer Johnson Chou’s ‘Speculum,’ a cantilevered stainless steel mirror that increases its visibility.

Source URL: https://www.signmedia.ca/banksy-stencil-preserved-in-torontos-path-system/

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