Paul Labonte
Paul Labonté | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 14, 1976 Point St. Charles Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | author, photographer, director, publisher, curator |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Website | |
| paullabonte | |
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Paul Labonté (born December 14, 1976) is a Montreal-based author, photographer, director, publisher and curator.
Career
Labonté is a well-known Canadian graffiti artist.[1]
Labonté is best known for his first book All City: The Book About Taking Space (2003) that documents the world of graffiti and includes interviews with celebrated yet anonymous graffiti writers.[2][1]
Labonté has been a WeSC Activist since 2010.[3]
In 2016 he began writing a regular column Dogs of Montreal, for the Montreal Gazette.[4]
Themes and influence
Labonté’s ability to capture stories and images simultaneously both from the vantage point of an outsider-voyeur and insider-member informs much of the tension and uniqueness of his work.
Books
All City: The Book About Taking Space (ECW Press/SecondHand Projects, 2003) is an in-depth look at the world of graffiti and graffiti writers. The book won the 2004/2005 Applied Arts magazine Design and Advertising Award for Complete Book Design and the 2004 Writers Notes Book Award in the legacy category.[5]
Bully: It's the Pits (ECW Press/SecondHand Projects, 2005) is a compilation of art, advice, interviews, and anecdotes about the much-maligned pit bull or "bully" dog breeds, such as the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, the American Pit Bull Terrier and the Bulldog.
Turfizm: The Selected Works of Jean Turf One Labourdette (SecondHand Projects, 2009), a look at realist painter Turf One, was his third release.
Photos inspired by the rap music that once inspired me (SecondHand Projects, 2010), a collection of photographs inspired by the rap music that once inspired Labonté originally exhibited at the 381 projects space in Toronto in the spring of 2008[6]
The House Always Wins(2012) is a 96-page volume of photographs conceived of as an analog Instagram that you can hold in your hands.[7][8]
Labonté wrote his books under the nom-de-plume "Paul 107," inspired by the 107 bus route that runs through the south-west Montreal neighbourhoods where he grew up, that is from Verdun, through Pointe-Saint-Charles up Peel St. to Montreal's downtown core.
Director
As director, Labonté is able to go beyond his signature lens and take on ones that are as varied as the music of the artists he collaborates with.
- It’s all over, The Slew (Kid Koala & Dynamite D), music video, 2009[9]
- 212, Azelia Banks, music video, 2011[10]
- Paralyzed, Ango, Music Video, 2012[11]
Publisher
- Turfizm, 2009
- Ice T shot me in the face, 2009
Exhibits
- Out for fame, Group Show - Out for fame exhibit, McGill Architecture, 1997
- Never alone, Group Show Redbull/381 projects, Toronto Redbull gallery, 2008
- Photographs inspired by the rap music that once inspired me, Solo Show, Ottawa, 2009
- Getting Up, Group Show & Curator, Ecko getting up festival Toronto, 2009
- Contrast Show, Group Show, Contact festival Toronto 356 king west, 2011
- Sometimes I take the pictures, Solo Show, Catalogue gallery Vancouver, 2011
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Citrome, Michael (4 August 2003). "The Cost of Independence (profile of Labonte)". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ↑ Wexler, Suzanne (1 April 2009). "Graffiti's stealthy route to wealth; Spray-can artists find their skills in high demand". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100721084704/http://wesc.com/weactivists/in/canada
- ↑ Choden, Lucinda (21 May 2016). "Real estate sales, dogs of montreal are subjects of new weekly features". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ↑ 1
- ↑ https://hypebeast.com/2010/12/paul-labonte-andor-paul-107-photographs-inspired-by-the-rap-music-that-once-inspired-me
- ↑ Boshra, Basem (2012-11-15). "Paul Labonté: Digital walls, analog foundation". montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ https://cultmtl.com/2012/11/paul-labonte-the-house-always-wins/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4N-CuPpsLY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Jv9fNPjgk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_CEYuQ7xqs
External links
- Paul 107.com Labonté's photography
- [1] Web magazine interview
- [2] Curated magazine
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