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The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part Six)

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Episode 296 [16:42]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about his influences, differences betweeen street and school, triangle forests, the local art scene vesus the internet, how good artists should be decent people, talking about art, death, removing marks from the public domain, tagging, the Montreal artist Stare, accidental typefaces, how he knows when a piece is completed, his airline knife collection, and being a format queen.

The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part Five)

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Episode 295 [10:54]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about his creative process and found paper.

The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part Four)

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Episode 294 [9:59]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about the future of his art practice, the CBC TV show he was in called Unlikely Treasures, exhibiting at the Mills Gallery and The Mythic Mile End.

The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part Three)

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Episode 293 [9:52]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about his future plans, how he met Emilie O’Brien, accumulating and some of the difficulties he has encountered.

The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part Two)

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Episode 292 [9:45]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about the beginnings of his artistic career and Monastiraki, the art gallery.

The Billy Mavreas Interview (Part One)

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Episode 291 [10:46]

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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand in conversation with Billy Mavreas, artist, gallery owner, cartoon blogger, ‘zinester, scenester and general man-about-town. In this episode Billy talks about how he got started.

Street Art in Montreal

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Back in April I was passing by the Atwater metro, and I saw that someone had been very creative with some garbage bags…

Flatter and from the back
Flatter and from the back

They had made what appeared to be blow-up animals, that were inflated by the exhaust from the metro.

Flat from the back
Flat from the back

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A different angle
A different angle

In this one you can see one inflated.

From the back
From the back

And both of them.

In action
In action

I unfortunately, like with most street art, have no idea who made these.

Deflating
Deflating

But congrats, while it isn’t completely an original idea, it was very nicely executed.

Both of them blowing in the exhaust
Both of them blowing in the exhaust
The Big one blown up
The Big one blown up
The small one blown up
The small one blown up
Close up of the big one blown up
Close up of the big one blown up
Getting Blown Up Again
Getting Blown Up Again
Flat
Flat
Completely flat
Completely flat
Just about to be blown up...
Just about to be blown up...

The Bettina Forget Interview (3/3)

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Episode 284

Bettina Forget, Montreal Artist, Gallery Owner, Radio Host and Astronomer talks about her life, her work, and her interests.

The Bettina Forget Interview (2/3)

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Episode 283

Bettina Forget, Montreal Artist, Gallery Owner, Radio Host and Astronomer talks about her life, her work, and her interests.

The Bettina Forget Interview (1/3)

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Episode 282

Bettina Forget, Montreal Artist, Gallery Owner, Radio Host and Astronomer talks about her life, her work, and her interests.