After years of tight-fisted colonialism, nothing to smile about

Title

After years of tight-fisted colonialism, nothing to smile about

Description

Photo from 1988 at Queen and Gladstone in Toronto. "After years of tight fisted colonialism... nothing to smile about."

Creator

Rocky Zenyk Dobey

Source

Rocky Zenyk Dobey

Date

1988

Contributor

Lilian Radovac

Rights

Rocky Zenyk Dobey
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

Format

JPEG

Type

plaque

Coverage

Queen Street West and Gladstone Avenue

Context

Back in the day these pieces would be up for months or years, much longer before it was considered art. The halcyon days for street interventions. I love that you can see the graffiti on the green bridge in the background. That slogan was pasted all over Toronto to protest the 1988 G-8 meeting in Toronto.

Original Format

plaque

Files

Nothing to Smile About.jpg

Citation

Rocky Zenyk Dobey , “After years of tight-fisted colonialism, nothing to smile about,” Alternative Toronto, accessed December 22, 2024, https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/items/show/205.

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