Stencil by Dogcat Provision.
From photograph to film poster to street art stencil to photograph to book cover.
The face is Clare Shenstone, now a portrait painter and artist.
The Art Window at Pages Bookstore will have a display of stencils by Janet Bike Girl to celebrate the release of the book "Stencil Nation", by Russell Howze.
The book cover features this photograph of a stencil by dogcatprovision, an artist from Montreal. It is based on a poster for Andy Warhol's film "Chelsea Girls". The original photograph was taken in 1966 by Donald Silverstein when Clare was 16. The poster was designed by Alan Aldridge.
The book will be available for purchase at the bookstore, there will also be a table featuring other books on street art.
The display, is part of Bike Month Toronto. The event takes place June 1 to June 20, 2008.
Pages Books and Magazines
256 Queen Street West
Toronto, Canada
The Chelsea Girls poster is featured in the book "Exploitation Poster Art", published by Aurum Press.
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designwallah 40 months ago | reply
Amazing! Here it is again - this photo is by photoproze:
Torganiel 36 months ago | reply
Hé hé! On a été plusieurs à photographier tout ça :
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Félicitations pour la couverture de livre! ;-)
designwallah 36 months ago | reply
Merci, Torganiel!
designwallah 24 months ago | reply
On a Swiss site with a page of street art in Montreal