The Windows of Time Mural 2016 by Christiano de Arte (a.k.a Christiano de Araujo), 1971 Weston Road, The Murals of Weston, ArtworxTO, Toronto, ON
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The Windows of Time Mural
1971 Weston Road (on the side of the building)
The Windows of Time is a vibrant mural done by Brazilian born artist Christiano de Arte. The artist uses acrylic airbrush and brush for smooth and seamless blending of colours to create panels or “windows” of specific time periods of what life was like in Weston Village from the late 1800’s to present day.
The mural design consists of four segments that are separated by the use of an illustration of a wooden frame. The segments come together to make one fluid image. Each segment represents a time period which can be identified by the fashion and other time markers such as the “penny farthing” or “high wheeler bicycle” and fashions of the 1800’s, 1940’s, 1960’s and present day. It is interesting to see how the artist not only uses the people in the foreground of the mural to identify the period and how it has evolved but also the use of the space in the background.
I particularly love this mural because it captures when Weston became the diverse, multicultural community it is today while celebrating its history.
The Windows of Time Mural 2016 by Christiano de Arte (a.k.a Christiano de Araujo), 1971 Weston Road, The Murals of Weston, ArtworxTO, Toronto, ON
Excerpt from webapp.driftscape.com/map/b4d13e7e-f2a0-11eb-8000-bc1c5a8...:
The Windows of Time Mural
1971 Weston Road (on the side of the building)
The Windows of Time is a vibrant mural done by Brazilian born artist Christiano de Arte. The artist uses acrylic airbrush and brush for smooth and seamless blending of colours to create panels or “windows” of specific time periods of what life was like in Weston Village from the late 1800’s to present day.
The mural design consists of four segments that are separated by the use of an illustration of a wooden frame. The segments come together to make one fluid image. Each segment represents a time period which can be identified by the fashion and other time markers such as the “penny farthing” or “high wheeler bicycle” and fashions of the 1800’s, 1940’s, 1960’s and present day. It is interesting to see how the artist not only uses the people in the foreground of the mural to identify the period and how it has evolved but also the use of the space in the background.
I particularly love this mural because it captures when Weston became the diverse, multicultural community it is today while celebrating its history.