Homeless
Title
Homeless
Description
This painting was installed on a vacant building at Portland and Queen St.
Creator
Rocky Zenyk Dobey
Source
Rocky Zenyk Dobey
Date
1986
Contributor
Lilian Radovac
Rights
Rocky Zenyk Dobey
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
Format
JPEG
Type
painting
Coverage
Queen Street West and Portland Street
Context
This billboard was up for about 9 months. It was part of a series of anti-gentrification paintings mocking legal commercial billboards. The text reads: "Over 20,000 people in Toronto HOMELESS. T.M. The trademark of this city's development into a disneyland of cleanliness and eviction."
Files
Collection
Citation
Rocky Zenyk Dobey, “Homeless,” Alternative Toronto, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/items/show/194.