Artists View

Tivoli Wall Project, Downtown Hamilton, Ontario

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. - Oscar Wilde

I was in Hamilton today for a meeting, so I decided to walk around and check out the Downtown core on this gorgeous and sunny day. I came across the old Tivoli which as a gorgeous theater in its time and now is a arts centre.

The artwork on the Tivoli Legal Wall is a collision of styles, from graffiti to formal drawing to contemporary art. Allowing such diversity is smart; not only does it allow graffiti to be celebrated, but it situates graffiti amid other genres, placing it rightfully into the spectrum of this city's art making .