Catching up on February’s Hosier Lane Updates…some great portraits appeared by Mimby Jones Robinson as well as a few witty comments and some large colourful pieces.
Mimby Jones Robinson Street Art, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Victoria
Mimby Jones Robinson Street Art, Hosier Lane
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Busker in Hosier Lane
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Posted in Melbourne CBD, Street Art, Victoria
Tagged Australia, Buskers, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Portraits, Rutledge Lane, Street Art, Street Photography, Victoria
After Xmas holidays came to an end earlier this year, I was back at work and spending lunchtimes checking out the CBD street art scene again. I have taken a number of shots in the last few months and thought I had better catch-up with posting them. As usual there were some fine pieces along the walls of Hosier and Rutledge Lanes. Highlights were the portraits and the abstracts…
Street Art, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD
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Wrdsmth is a LA based street artist with an interesting poetic style. Like Banksy he prefers to remain anonymous – though photos indicate that he is male. He visited Melbourne for the first time last year and after being impressed by the local street scene decided to leave his own mark, a series of clever and insightful words of wisdom pasted up and stencilled around the CBD, Fitzroy and St Kilda. I kept seeing them around town and thought I would photograph a few before they all disappeared.
Literally, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD
Pay it forward, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD
Miss You, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD
Time Machine, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD
Destiny, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD
There are so many good murals in this series of Alleys and Laneways I thought I would break the post into two parts.
Street Art, P-Stain Alley, Melbourne CBD (a favourite)
P-Stain Alley, Melbourne CBD,
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Another Favourite – not sure what I see here…a great abstract
Didn’t want to name this one in the title – it is another informally named lane: Piss-stain Alley. It is a group of small alleys and lanes chock full of interesting pieces well away from the usual areas of street art on public display but still in the CBD.
Street Art, P-Stain Alley, Melbourne CBD,
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Trump Protest Art
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Exploring Blender Lane recently I met a couple of the local studio artists who gave me a bit of a history of the laneway. One of the little nuggets of information that they gave me (maybe true maybe not) was that the end of the laneway was the 2nd oldest stencil art street gallery in the world – the oldest was the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Blender Lane is extensively layered with years of stencils with some very nice pieces that have to be picked out amongst the colour and chaos…
Stencil Street Art, Blender Lane, Melbourne CBD
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I have been following a number of artists and photographers on Instagram that I have met in the various Laneways and in one post I had noticed a reference to their favourite spot. It was to a Laneway that I had not heard of so after a bit of research, I found Blender Lane. It turns out it is actually an unnamed alley that the locals have named. It is short and has good quality art work along its sidesand at the end of it there is a covered car that is kept there by one of the local artists that has a studio nearby.
Gina the Hutt (protest art), Blender Lane, Melbourne CBD
Street Art, Blender Lane
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After a few weeks break I found that whole laneways had been resprayed. I quickly explored and photographed as many as I could before the work was over-sprayed or tagged. Some of the best was found in ACDC Lane off Flinders Lane.
Streetart, ACDC Lane, Melbourne CBD
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Entrance to the famous Cherry Bar
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Tagged ACDC Lane, Australia, graffiti, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Street Art, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Victoria
Over a few days I watched a new mural being created in AC DC Lane. Multi-story high man with a large tree branch. There has been a lot of construction work within the area of ACDC Lane and Duckboard Place. It makes a nice change to have something new and interesting to look at rather than construction vehicles and piles of excavation mess.
A new mural in ACDC Lane, Melbourne CBD
I passed through Hosier Lane in early Summer to photograph any new wall murals. I found a nice looking Snow Leopard and around the corner in the little lane that runs off Hosier – Rutledge Lane, I found a lesson in how to use spray cans to make simple pictures. I watched for a while as several artists showed a group of office workers, on a lunchtime team building exercise, how using simple effects they could create an impressive image. It was interesting to watch how many steps it can take to create some of the 3d effects that street artists use.
Hosier Lane Snow Leopard, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD
Hosier Lane art lessons
Hosier Lane art lessons II
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Tagged Australia, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Street Art, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Victoria
I had a catch-up with some old work colleagues last week in a part of the city that I rarely visit. On the walk back down Flinders Lane to get to the train station, I noticed some decent street art on a Laneway wall. Flinders Ct is a narrow laneway between Flinders Lane and Flinders St and runs parallel to Elizabeth St. I recognised one of the old factory/warehouse buildings in the middle of the lane and realised that this laneway was one I had explored before when looking for old architecture but at that time there hadn’t been any art work. The work looks fairly fresh and is mostly complete murals. I went back earlier this week and photographed the various walls…I will be adding this new site to my regular survey walks.
Flinders Ct artwork, Melbourne CBD
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I visit Hosier Lane several times a week to look for new art and I can see and appreciate the constant changes. Sometimes when looking for more obscure pieces I look up and see some large pieces that have lasted a while due to their difficult position and the effort required to climb or build scaffolding to work on them. After I photographed the usual spots I found a way up into the parking building that borders one of the laneways and shot the higher walls. The access gave a new and interesting perspective on the art and laneway.
Hosier Lane Art, Melbourne CBD
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2nd /3rd story view of the laneway walls
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Posted in Street Art, Victoria
Tagged Australia, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Street Art, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Victoria
Recent Street Art from Hosier and ACDC Lanes. Some impressive colourful art this time around as well as an interesting monochrome piece. The large pig is from ACDC lane and I am not sure whether it is a protest piece as it is opposite a popular Sth American restaurant that serves a lot of meat dishes. I am curious whether anyone will think that it is a protest piece. However I like both the anatomical pig art and the restaurant.
Nice Colour
Monochrome
I noticed something interesting with the image below, it is a very similar image to one I photographed a few weeks earlier but it has been repainted and moved across about 2 meters and incorporated into another piece. See this link for the older picture.
A new face
My favourite corner – changed again…
Chuck, Hosier Lane
A very big pig, ACDC Lane
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Tagged ACDC Lane, Australia, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Street Art, Urban Photography, Victoria
A second November visit to Hosier Lane produced some impressive pieces. I went back a few days after these were taken and they were mostly gone.
Hosier Lane Street Art from previous post
Finished artwork
Hosier Lane Street Art
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Part of a large, very detailed piece – it was painted in a prime position so only lasted a few days and now is pretty much gone
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Scooby Doo
A smaller piece in a little alcove, I quite like the subtle stencil art.
Posted in Melbourne CBD, Street Art, Victoria
Tagged Australia, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Street Art, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Victoria
The number of new pieces have exploded lately in Hosier Lane. I have to visit every few days now to enjoy a wander down the lanes and to make sure I at least see some of the new pieces (before they disappear or are badly tagged). Changes are happening on a daily basis…if I am lucky I have my camera with me, though I often use my iPhone if I get the feeling the piece won’t survive the night or until I bring my camera long. Some positions in the lanes are prime and work has a very short viewing window/survival rate.
Hosier Lane Street Art, Melbourne CBD
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These guys have been popping up in a few places…
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An artist creating a large signature piece…
The Gap Year and Beyond 