Take a good look. This mural is going to grace (if that’s the word) the west side of the tower on the southwest corner of Yonge St. and St. Clair Ave. It seems to show a woman portrayed in abstract form revealing a complexion of bricks and mortar Toronto. Why this muse of St. Clair is rolled in a fetal ball will perhaps become clearer. It is the creation of a British muralist named Phlegm (not his real name) and like other modern street painters (Banksy for example) he does not go by his real name. So far as we know. It’s a mystery, you know. The work has been commissioned by Slate Asset Management which is said to own all four corners of the Y and St. C. The painting may grow on residents. Happily it seems to have avoided political statement. The work is being streamed here.
