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Vandalist: Deadboy

By Stephanie Avery

Once a week, Vandalist features some of the most interesting street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute.
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BY:   Deadboy
LOCATION:   The Queensway, Etobicoke
PHOTO BY:   Robert Brienza
FIELD NOTES:   Most children are born with a desire to write on walls. For some of us, that instinct doesn’t diminish with age. “The kid in this piece represents the rebellious childlike nature that is in all of us,” Deadboy told us. “Everyone is born with a natural instinct to write on walls; street artists just take this to a literal level… Makes me feel like a kid again, and I love that!” While that’s not his only motivation for his street creations, on his website Deadboy also cites the corporate media taking over our cityscape and his desire to brighten the uglier aspects of our city. Sometimes it just feels great to satisfy our inner child.

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  • gbread

    I enjoyed physically assaulting other people as a child, but I'm much more likely to be punished for it these days. That's not to say I don't agree with what's written in the field notes, I just find it ridiculous.

  • http://profiles.google.com/tehjamez2 teh jamez

    I agree.  what a pretentious twat.    If Deadboy (what a great name btw…………..) was any more full of himself he'd be inside out with his head up his ass.