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Vandalist: Ghost Of Alfah

By Posterchild

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute.
GhostOfAlfah.jpg

By ALFAH

IN AN ALLEY NEAR DUNDAS AND GRANGE
PHOTO BY POST

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  • james a

    This one is truly a shining example of the “best street art” our fine city has to offer.

  • David Topping

    I like this truck more.

  • Show&Tell

    Alfah was tragically killed several years ago. RIP.

  • Show&Tell

    Alfah was tragically killed several years ago. RIP.

  • Jill Murray

    It would be nice sometimes (especially in cases like this one) if these features ran a little more info– even just a small byline– about the artists or their work, in cases where more info is known.

  • rek

    Congrats to PC for being invited to take part in Droog Event 2.

  • PickleToes

    Somebody’s running out of material…

  • atomeyes99

    i hate graffiti. this, you know.
    but i find the fact that the defacement of a defacement was captured on film and posted on Vandalist to be ironically amusing. and i enjoyed it.

  • Posterchild

    Thanks Rek!
    James, “best street art” ≠ prettiest street art, all the time.

  • james a

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not among the “all street art is evil” brigate that is so vocal here, and I guess ShowTell’s comment clarified why this is noteworthy..
    But you have to admit (I’d hope) that to a casual observer who doesn’t follow the graffiti “scene” at all, someone’s name spraypainted on a truck is pretty much devoid of any actual artistic or esthetic merit. Most definitely a small byline would be useful in cases like these.
    I’m still 100% stumped at why this post ever saw the light of day.

  • james a

    erm, brigate = brigade

  • David Topping

    I think that if someone wanted to characterize the difference between Vandalist posts and other street art posts on Torontoist (they aren’t one and the same), it is that Vandalist seems consistently more interested in form than content, whereas the other posts tend to be interested in both equally.

  • mboadway

    If you guys are interested, there’s some great MS-18 “art” facing the park and community centre at Lansdowne and St Clair.