The Unique Street Art of Melbourne

Posted in Articles - 30th Jul, 08 at 8:50 pm - 9 Comments

The Unique Street Art of Melbourne

Melbourne (Australia) has become famous around the world for its street art culture. Hoiser Lane is Melbourne's most famous laneway for street art with many vistiors from around the world who have left their mark. Names such as Logan Hicks & Banksy can be seen there, visitors from Germany, Canada, USA & UK have also made their presence there.

There is a huge street art and graffiti culture in Melbourne. Unlike most Graffiti which is seen as a public nuisance, it is often encouraged and often even commissioned by businesses in and around Melbourne. There are even official walking tours and and art trails that center around finding and showcasing the best artwork and murals.

On a recent trip down to Melbourne I was able to take to the streets and find some unique and interesting Street Art. The following photographs were all taken in and around the central CBD area. Mainly Hosier St, Fitzroy and Carlton. The style we mainly found was Stencil Graffiti Art as well plenty of Murals and other similar intensive artworks. Not just text and type. Do you have Street art that is unique to your city? If you have taken some pictures and want to share the talent, upload them to Flickr or similar and send me the link.
I will then create articles like this featuring each city I receive in turn. Lets share with the world some fantastic street art.



9 Comments + Feedback

  1. tina : 31st Jul, 2008

    cool! that is really unique! i particularly like the colourful alleyway.

  2. Youth : 31st Jul, 2008

    I like the quality paintings on the walls. I have posted a few also in my site.

  3. Micheil : 1st Aug, 2008

    Hey, sweet pieces on show; I've got some other shots of down the ally way that this http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2716670096_f41107d437.jpg?v=0 one may have been from; would you like to see?

  4. RECSPEC : 1st Aug, 2008

    awesome! a lot of this work is by miso and ghostpatrol, whose sites you can view here: http://ghostpatrol.net/ & http://www.cityofreubens.com

  5. Andrew Greig : 2nd Aug, 2008

    @Micheil: Thanks that would be great I would love to see them!

    @RECSPEC: Thanks. I have always admired those artists. But I could never find out who they were. Much appreciated!

  6. Rob : 6th Aug, 2008

    Wow that is some great work. Love it!

  7. Chris : 19th Aug, 2008

    Theres a wonderful half hour video blog called Not Quite Art, available through the itunes store for free, that has an episode featuring all sorts of artistic things in melbourne!

  8. dan : 19th Aug, 2008

    Beautiful art. I especially like all of the purple.
    ABeautifulDayPhotography


  9. Rogério Oliveira : 11th Nov, 2008

    a nice selection of graffiti
    hugs

    Rogerio Oliveira
    www.a-ham.com/typograff

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