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Recent Posts
- Sporadic Braddock | Is Hardly Nomadic
- Ring Ring Why Don’t You Give Me a Call?
- One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Treasure
- Not the Blue Poles You Were Perhaps Thinking Of?
- Don’t Be Put Off By Putos
- A Great Combi-Nation of VW Art
- I’ve Been Itching to Show You These for Some Time
- Luna Park | Just for Fun
- Never Debate the Art of DVATE
- Heesco | Paradiso – How Could He Be So
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Sporadic Braddock | Is Hardly Nomadic
Michael Fikaris (aka Braddock) is an Australian multidisciplinary artist whose career has spanned nearly 20 years including street art. Initially a central figure in both Melbourne’s comic book and street art movements since 2003, Braddock has expanded his oeuvre into … Continue reading
Ring Ring Why Don’t You Give Me a Call?
The Telstra Museum (Melbourne) is a small museum situated within the Hawthorn Telephone Exchange, Burwood Road, Hawthorn. It is managed by a group of dedicated volunteers from the Victorian Telecommunications Museum who strive to preserve Australia’s telecommunications heritage. The museum … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, nostalgia, Urban Art
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One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Treasure
Junky Projects is the street art contribution of refound items created by Daniel Lynch (born 1977). Lynch is a contemporary artist based in Melbourne and working in multiple media using waste and recycled materials as the principle material for his … Continue reading
Posted in RubbishArt, SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
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Not the Blue Poles You Were Perhaps Thinking Of?
Jonathan Jones Kamilaroi/Wiradjuri (born 1978) won an Art and Australia Emerging Art award in 2005 for his work entitled: Blue Poles. [Blue Poles (2004) 10 fluorescent lights, transparent synthetic polymer resin, composition board, electrical cord, 168.9 cm x 285.3 cm … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z
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Don’t Be Put Off By Putos
Putos is a graffiti / street artist from Melbourne who loves painting dragons, dogs, lions, rhinos, hippos, gators, tentacled sea creatures and any other creature that comes to mind or suits the wall.Putos is an expert with tones, shades and … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
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A Great Combi-Nation of VW Art
This post introduces a new art page category – VW ‘Kombi’ Art. I base this on my love of the Kombi/Combi VW van. In fact we are a family of devotees of the Kombi and many friends and family members … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, nostalgia, Textiles, VWArt
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I’ve Been Itching to Show You These for Some Time
Inkbomb Studios is the online manifestation of Bryan Itch, or “Itch“, a melbourne-based illustrator and street artist with a diverse skill set drawn from experience in an array of oil and acrylic painting, aerosol street art murals, animated motion graphics, tattooing and … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Inkbomb studios, Itch
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Luna Park | Just for Fun
The Carousel at Melbourne’s Luna Park (formally known as PTC#30) is the 30th carousel machine made by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) in Pennsylvania, USA and was built in 1913. Like a giant puzzle, the huge carousel complete with cast … Continue reading
Posted in nostalgia, Performing Art
Tagged carousels, fun parks, Luna Park, Philadelphia Toboggan Company
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Never Debate the Art of DVATE
DVATE (born 1981) is a Melbourne graffiti street artist and professional artist since 2009. He uses spray paint and acrylic to paint large scale works. DVATE has developed and varied his own unique street art font and has created amazing … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt
Tagged #Melbourne, street artists
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Heesco | Paradiso – How Could He Be So
Heesco Khosnaran (Real name: Khürelbaataryn Khosnaran) is an impressive photo realistic portrait street artist. Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Heesco moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2010 and has painted various artworks around the city and in the wider arena. Drawing since … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Heesco, Mongolian art, Mongolian artists, Silo Art
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Three Slithers of Walter Withers
[Images: Allegory to Spring (Portrait of Gladys Manifold) oil on canvas (1902); The Drover (1912) Bendigo Art Gallery] Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian Impressionists (The Heidelberg School) along … Continue reading
Get Your Kaff-eine Kick Here Now
Katie ‘Kaff-eine‘ (born 1972) from Melbourne is a female street artist and former lawyer, horse-riding instructor and tree-lopper. Kaff-eine began mostly with black and white paste-ups back in 2009 and now spreads her free hand stories in colour painting with … Continue reading
I’m Spinning Around | The Famous Hill’s Hoists
The Australian invention Hill’s Hoists outdoors clothes line transformed backyards across Australia in years after World War Two (WW2) due to a couple of wayward fruit trees behind a house in an Adelaide suburb. Lance Hill of Glenunga returned home … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, nostalgia, Paintings, Tea Towels
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The Giants of Baby Guerilla
Baby Guerilla studied oil painting and completed a Fine Arts Degree at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Her artwork can be found at the National Gallery of New South Wales and in many other galleries and collections. … Continue reading
Posted in Stencils, StreetArt, Wheat-pastes
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A Topological Measure of Escher
[Images: Dream (early woodcut, 1935), Stars (polyhedron wood engraving, 1948), Vlinders aka Butterflies, (wood engraving, 1950), Circle Limit III (woodcut, 1959)]. Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher aka “ Mauk” was born June 17, 1898, in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. … Continue reading
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