Only in Toronto would a graffiti artist made famous by painting the mayor’s face on public property be given a gallery to showcase his work. Such is the case of SPUD, a local tagger whose paintings, including the masterpiece “Going off the Rails on a Gravy Train,” will be on display at the Don’t Tell Mama Gallery on Ossignton until the end of the month.
While I wouldn’t consider all graffiti to be artistic, I hafta hand it to him for his depiction of Mayor Ford’s face on Thomas the Tank Engine crossing a sea of cheese, curds and gravy. Check it out:
