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| Page 76 of Toronto Life's June 2012 feature, "Reasons to Love Toronto Now" (not yet online) |
Toronto Life featured some Rob Ford art in its latest feature article, including my portrait of Rob Ford. The feature isn't online yet, but there is this from the table of contents...
Toronto Life: Reasons to Love Toronto Now
That giddy feeling is back in the air—the euphoria of great expectations—and here are some reasons why: we’ve got a wildly resilient housing market; we started a 21st-century suffragette movement; our philistine mayor is inspiring art; white-linen restaurants are back in vogue; the murder rate is at a 25-year low; and, well, we could go on. In fact, we do, in our fourth annual mash note to the city
In the print edition, Reason No. 25 ("Because Rob Ford isn't so bad for the arts after all"), notes...
GRAFFITO FORD
After Ford's declaration of war on their art form, the city's spray can dissidents turned the mayoral mug into their favourite subject. Anti-Ford stencils and portraits portraying him as an "art terrorist," Humpty Dumpty and a giant, zit-covered worm. (The latter found its way into a gallery show.) Ford wasn't amused, and this spring he once again vowed to get the city's graffiti "cleaned up."
P.S. Yes, Meathead Ford is awesome (and disgusting).