Ossington

Art print on art paper.

13x19x1"

Limited edition 1 of 100.

Part of the Existence precedes Essence series. In Paulo Carvalho’s series Existence Precedes Essence, Toronto’s subway stations become more than mere transit hubs — they are metaphors for life itself. Each station name, frozen in bold typography, anchors us in place, while blurred trains and passengers remind us of the ceaseless flux of existence. The series evokes Sartre’s existentialist claim that we are not born with fixed meaning: we become through movement, through choices, through journeys. The end of the line is inevitable, yet the essence of life is forged in the in-between — in waiting, in passing, in change. By distilling Toronto’s urban core into black-and-white fragments of motion and stillness, Carvalho captures both the intimacy and universality of the human condition.”