Takie street art

I recently got acquainted with Melbourne artist Takie after bumping into one of her paste-ups while buying groceries in Camperdown.

Originally from Sydney, she creates colour-soaked psychedelic drawings using a tapestry of geometric shapes. Check out some of her work below.

How much do you love Takie?

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Component Stencil in Melbourne

(The Esplanade, St Kilda, Melbourne) 

Here is a stencil by New Zealand artist Component. The subject of this stencil is the theatrical poster for the 1979 film The Warriors.

Here is the original poster:

I like Component's stencils. His indoor ones are delicately layered and don't have much pretentiousness about them. Lots of late 1970s-early 80s cultural kitsch.

R2D2 Stencil, Melbourne

(Brunswick St, Fitzroy)

I've been clearing out the closet recently...and in the process I found a few photos from my time in Melbourne (town).

You might have noticed it with the past few updates on this blog. I hope you like them, and I hope you have a nice weekend.

Fin.

Invader in Melbourne

(Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne)

Acid Midget is undergoing emotional renovations. As a result, there has been a shortage of new street art and new writing on the site.

Big things have been happening in the Australian street art community this month. About 12,000 people visited Sydney's Cockatoo Island for the opening week of the Outpost Project. It is the largest street art festival to be held in the southern hemisphere.

It's a real landmark in the evolution of street art not only in Australia, but globally. You should check it out before it ends on December 11 (it's also free).

The image above of an Invader mosaic was taken on my last trip to Melbourne. And to think - I thought Melbourne was the street art capital of Australia. I wonder what you guys down there think of Outpost?

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Random Melbourne street art and graffiti

(Tavistock Place, Melbourne)

Found this Blek le Rat tag the other week. It's reassuring to see Blek can spell his name correctly.

Even repeatedly in the same spot.

But hey, I mightn't have spotted the tag if t'wasn't written thrice.

More importantly, who is the mysterious woman in this frame? She has appeared in many Acid Midget photos.

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(Somerset Place, Melbourne)

How annoying are hangovers? My philosophy for reducing their severity is to increase drug intake. And how nice are a few beers during the afternoon following a hangover?

What's your hangover cure?

Melbourne: Hosier Lane street art (pt. 2)

 

Here's the second installment of Hosier Lane stencils and paste-ups from my Melbourne trip.

I'm heading back there in a matter of hours. Hoping I find a few pieces for you.

 

I'm still really into these posters. It's not just that they're anti-consumerist and hilarious. They have presence, and that's saying something, as they are among some of the best street art and graff in Australia.

I'd be curious to know if Steez did this before Prime Minister Julia Gillard knifed Kevin Rudd. I just feel sorry for Rudd. According to this Flickr photo, this paste-up is at least a year old; pre-dating the Rudd-Gillard 'execution'.

This man reminds me of someone. Greens leader Bob Brown? Every other 50+ businessman ever born?

Step back, getting horny.

Yes, some street artists address the fact their works are outside a 'conventional gallery' by using frames.

I've seen these 'found object trash sculptures' in Sydney too.

We live in a fragile world? Shit yeah.

YES.

 
Simple expressionistic posters. Love.

 

Hahaha. Just think of how many people DON'T say this phrase, but think it regularly.

 

For non-Australians, the Banksia is one of our native wildflowers.

More beautiful trash.

A live wheatpaste. 

Here are some more Shepard Fairey pieces. They're permanent, backlit works. I think they add colour and arouse pedestrian intrigue in the lane.

However, I'm tempted to call these advertisements.

Fuck it. These are advertisements.

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Melbourne: Hosier Lane street art

Here is a photo gallery I snapped in Melbourne. There isn't much I need to say about it; a number of talented artists have sprayed and wheatpasted their work on the walls of the iconic Hosier Lane.

If you like street art and happen to be in Melbourne, I recommend checking it out. Highly.

This is by Deb. I met her while I was down there. She's nice.

The famous Shepard Fairey and his OBEY poster. The other two posters are more recent work of his.

Milk crates included for scale.

Wanna bang?

 

I really liked these one-line posters. Straight to the point. That point is somewhere up your culo. If anyone knows who did them please comment below.

This is a draft sketch for Grand Theft Auto: Denmark 1628.

This reminds me of Roa.

And again.

GRAFFITI WARS. I find 'graff writers' hitting 'street artists' fascinating. I've lost count the number of times "art fag" has been sprayed on a paste-up or stencil in Sydney. A prime example of this dichotomous relationship is the Robbo vs Banksy saga.

 

Edward Scissorhands. 

 

This piece is called Found Cans in a Bin Yay.