There is a pretty wide selection of buskers around Melbourne. From electrified bands to jugglers to statues. I often stop, have a listen and occasionally buy one of their CDs. While walking through some of the laneways along Little Collins Street this week, I found this Cello busker in Block Place.
Classical Busker, Block Place, Melbourne CBD
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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
There is a tiny shoulder-width laneway between Little Bourke St in China Town and Lonsdale St. It actually has a doorway within the wall that leads into a small courtyard at the back of the shops on Lonsdale St. The lane opens onto Corrs Lane that has several Japanese and Chinese restaurants including the very good Shanghai Street Dumplings Restaurant where you can watch the ladies making the fresh dumplings through the street window. The shops on the Lonsdale St side all used to be Greek cafes, cake shops and restaurants. Several good ones remain. This narrow portal can take you from China to Greece….
Laneway between Lonsdale St and Corrs Lane, Melbourne CBD
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Sometimes, on a walk around town at lunchtime, I stop at the State Library steps and watch the chess players. Usually I just watch and figure out the strategies and what the next move might be. But in carrying my camera it becomes about angles, lighting and composition…
Chess at the State Library, Melbourne CBD
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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
Hosier Lane art lessons III
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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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Another lunchtime walk around Melbourne last week, enjoying the sun, the people and the architecture.
Burke and Wills memorial, Melbourne CBD
Smokers in Presgrave Place, Melbourne CBD
Buskers and tourists, Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD
A walk around the city on a hot summer’s day, watching the lunch crowds and traders along the small laneways off Flinders Lane and finishing off the walk with a few songs from the buskers in the Bourke St Mall.
Lunchtime traders in Centre Place, Melbourne CBD – a fantastic spot for good food and a great price from a variety of small hole-in-the-wall shops – also has some interesting artwork and graffiti.
Buskers in Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD – these guys were amazingly good, Spanish style guitar with a modern flair. They were feeling the heat of the mid-day sun – but the show must go on…
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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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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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.
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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…
A few more images from Hosier Lane taken during early spring.
Street Art, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD
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Some images from earlier in Spring. The weather had been improving and that seemed to have brought out the artists and a higher turn-over of art on the walls of Hosier Lane.
Street Art, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD
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I quite like the detail on this one – a lot of effort for a work that will only last a day or so.
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Drewery Lane is an interesting lane off Lonsdale St in the Melbourne CBD. There are three linked lanes with an eclectic mix of art – from murals, to plaques commemorating Legacy ( a charitable organisation that helps families of War veterans) to weird building statues and a grungy bar. I have no idea what the statue below is suppose to represent or why it is there…some research for another time…
Street Art, Drewery Lane, Melb CBD
Street Art, Drewery Lane, Melb CBD
Street Art, Drewery Lane, Melb CBD
Building Art, Drewery Lane, – I have no idea about this sculpture but I quite like it.
Down one of the side lanes called Sniders Lane is a small bar called Sister Bella, a grungy student bar with a lot of character.
https://www.facebook.com/sisterbella/
Street Art, Sniders Lane, Melb CBD
Street Art, Sniders Lane, Melb CBD
Sister Bella, Sniders Lane, Melb CBD
The Gap Year and Beyond 