Offical launch: Friday, May 18, 2012, 5 – 5:30 p.m.
Luis Jacob in front of his mural. Photo: Phil Anderson
The official Launch of Luis Jacob s Spirits of the Grotto at the Dufferin Underpass took place May 18 5:30pm with politicans, City of Toronto councillors Gord Perks and Ana Bailao, MPP Cheri DiNovo, MP Peggy Nash and other City Official from the Culture Department.
Zuly Jacob (Luis’ s mother), Peggy Nash (Member of Parliament), Luis Jacob and Jose Jacob, (Luis’s father). Photo: Phil Anderson
Many interested residents and friends of Luis Jacob as well as media were also in attendance. The long awaited opening of this public art work was worth the waiting. The Dufferin Underpass is to be the envy of other areas of Toronto with underpasses.
The “Spirits of the Grotto”, Dufferin Underpass. Photo: Luis Jacob
Artist Luis Jacob said in his interview to artoronto.ca, “The project at the Dufferin Underpass is titled “Spirits of the Grotto”. It consists of 34 panels that look like a series of large masks. Each panel has two colourful “eyes”; together they look like spirits residing inside the walls of the tunnel and watching us as we make our way inside. I imagine that some of these masks will remind people of the fabulous costumes of the Caribana parade, or the demons depicted in Tibetan silk paintings. Some panels feature depictions of mirror balls, which remind me of places like the Beaver Café, Stone’s Place, and Wrongbar, on Queen Street West.” The read the interview please go to http://www.artoronto.ca/?p=10910.
The “Spirits of the Grotto”, Dufferin Underpass. Photo: Luis Jacob
Text: Phil Anderson