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433 Graham Avenue
This Transit Controller Box artwork, entitled 'Mona Lisa ansd Whistler's Mother with Transfers' was one of a series that was commissioned by Downtown BIZ in 2007 during its Graham Avenue Festival, with additional sponsorship by Take Pride Winnipeg. The artwork is by Eugene Boittiaux, with assistance by students Steve Castel, Teddy Head and Aaron Dumas from the Urban Canvas Program run by Graffiti Arts Programming. The controller box was replaced by a plain one in 2014
Original notes follow:
Eugene Boittiaux: "I heard about this project through the Graffiti Gallery, and our
drawing instructor Linda Pierce helped with ideas. The Mona Lisa piece started with the
idea of just a hand with a transfer. Then I thought of putting well known iconic art
figures up in the context of riding the bus and holding a transfer."
"I wanted to have the feel of the area in the design. A lot of people in the area are pedestrians who
ride the bus; and that's what I'm usually there for. So rather than focus on the commerce
of the area I wanted to focus on the people; and to made it endearing with a bit of
humour."
"With the colours of their flesh I tried to keep away from depicting any particular
ethnicity, so there's red and brown and tan shades in the skin tone. I used acrylics. I had
some glow-in-the-dark green paint that I used on the transfer. I wanted people to really
notice the transfers!"
"I spent a lot more time on the Mona Lisa figure than the Whistler's Mother figure,
although I think they ended up of equal quality. People who walked by had nothing but
nice things to say to me, which made me blush."
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