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Melbourne Street Art – Best of April 2017.

The selection below was some of the best street art I found in April 2017 . A mixture of spray painting, pasteups and stencils. Most were gone (over-sprayed) in the following days. The photos were mostly taken in Hosier & Rutledge Lanes and a few other laneways around Melbourne CBD  – all images taken with an iPhone 6S.

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Melbourne Street Art – Best of March 2017.

The selection below was some of the best street art I found in March 2017 . A mixture of spray painting, pasteups and stencils. Most were gone (over-sprayed) in the following days. The photos were mostly taken in Hosier & Rutledge Lanes and a few other laneways around Melbourne CBD  – all images taken with an iPhone 6S.

Melbourne Street Art - March 2017

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Melbourne Street Art December 2016 Part 2

I like to wander the laneways and alleys of Melbourne looking for the latest in street art. This selection was some of the best I found in December 2016. A mixture of spray painting, pasteups and stencils. Most were gone (over-sprayed) in the following days. The artworks were mostly taken in Hosier & Rutledge Lanes, Melbourne CBD (part 1) and Artists Lane off Chapel Street in Windsor (part 2) and a few more locally in laneways off Acland Street, St Kilda. (Part 3)

Artists Lane, Windsor December 2017

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Melbourne Street Art December 2016 Part 1

I like to wander the laneways and alleys of Melbourne looking for the latest in street art. This selection was some of the best I found in December 2016. A mixture of spray painting, pasteups and stencils. Most were gone (over-sprayed) in the following days. The artworks below were mostly taken in Hosier & Rutledge Lanes, Melbourne CBD (part 1) and Artists Lane off Chapel Street in Windsor (part 2) and a few more locally in laneways off Acland Street, St Kilda. (Part 3)

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Melbourne Laneway Street Art November 2016

Most lunchtimes I wander the laneways and alleys of Melbourne CBD looking for  the latest in street art. This selection was some of the best I found in November 2016. A mixture of spray painting, pasteups and stencils. Most were gone (over-sprayed) in the following days.

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Elwood’s colourful streets

I noticed that lately there has been an increase in local street art in the walkways and lanes of my home patch in Elwood. I am quit enjoying the developing art scene. Plenty of brick walls available along our many alleys and laneways…

Elwood street Art, Elwood, Victoria

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Hosier Lane Street Art – March 2016 Updates

Hosier Lane in March saw some interesting murals and great colours, with more characters portrayed than portraits.

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Hosier Lane Street Art – February 2016 Updates Part 2

Part 2 of February’s Hosier Lane Updates…some elaborate colourful pieces were the highlight of the second half of Feb 2016 .

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Hosier Lane Street Art – February 2016 Updates Part 1

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.

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Busker in Hosier Lane

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Wrdsmth visits Melbourne

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

Literally, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Pay it forward, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Pay it forward, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Miss You, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Miss You, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Time Machine, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Time Machine, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Destiny, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Destiny, Wrdsmth, Melbourne CBD

Melbourne Laneways: P-stain Alley Pt2

There are so many good murals in this series of Alleys and Laneways I thought I would break the post into two parts.

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Another Favourite – not sure what I see here…a great abstract

Melbourne Laneways: Another art filled laneway

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.

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Trump Protest Art

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Melbourne Laneways: ACDC Lane May updates

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.

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Entrance to the famous Cherry Bar

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Street Art with a soundtrack

While exploring the backstreets and laneways looking for new street art, I have been finding some very good buskers. I had great background music while photographing a stunning new piece in Degraves Place off Degraves Street. The guitarist was very good. Further along I listened to a trio of musicians – The Collingwood Casanovas…

Degraves Place Street Art, Melbourne CBD

Very colourful Degraves Place street art, Melbourne CBD

Degraves Street Busker, Melbourne CBD

Degraves Street Guitarist

Buskers in Centre Place, Melbourne CBD

Buskers in Centre Place off Flinders Lane

An old Laneway with new life

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.

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