A'shop "Notre-Dame-de-Grâce/ Our Lady of Grace" Mural

For 16 days straight, from dawn to dusk, five highly determined Montreal-based artists (who make up the artist run collective (A'shop) worked on a graffiti mural of a Mother Nature-esque Madonna or a modern-day version of "Our Lady of Grace." Inspired by Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, the crew created this breathtakingly beautiful five story mural using 500 cans of spray paint in over 50 different colors.

The A'shop crew hopes this project will encourage other city boroughs to consider murals of their own. "Our city has way too much gray. So I hope this [mural] kickstarts a mural campaign."

To really appreciate the time and effort that went into this massive mural, here is a video that was taken over the 16 day period.
For The full story, check out our blog http://www.ashop.ca/news/2011/11/7/mo...

artwork: http://www.ashop.ca/

Video: http://belairproduction.com/

Sound: smile2810@hotmail.com http://soundcloud.com/smahh

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[SpNCryptic]

This is why I love Montreal. Such an artistic, inspirational and simply a beautiful city! Proud to be living here. Great work guys! The outcome is outstanding! :)

[canibaloco1]

i am crying!!!

[François Bérubé]

Hi, can I have indications on how to find the mural? It's great!

[mermaidthebean]

tout mon amour, avec tout mon coeur

[Joelle Paquet]

je veux voir, c'est où ?

[regaist1]

to bad ther was a nice jays-rip, still dope mural though

[bmgebby]

what is the song playing?

[AibassovM]

Fucking awesome, this video made my day

[musicmylife118]

wow it's amazing! Where is it exactly?

[iamthe1337est]

This is awesome. If I were a mayor I would commission these guys to decorate my entire city.

[Angelbabe741]

Awesome mural! so nice to see something like that rather than ugly grafitti and "tagging"....great job,guys! Hope the city asks you to do more like this!

[DeadTime34]

just gonna say, i respect your opinion and you're right but you can't deny there are a lot of assholes in the graffiti scene. stupid kids who just like to steal and fuck with people. does not go for everyone but there's a few kids i know who i think are straight dickheads.