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Category Archives: SprayCanArt
Are you thinking that Fafi is fluffy?
Fafi is an early adopter to street art and is currently living and working in Paris. Through her art, Fafi has been exploring her femininity through stereotypes, using them to her advantage. Fafi not only knocked her male colleagues and competitors out their … Continue reading
Your Gateway to Bodé for the Day
Mark Bodé was born on February 18, 1963 in Utica, New York. The son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bodé, Mark often produces works similar to this father’s style. Mark is an American cartoonist best known for his work on … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
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Coulrophobia – (The Fear of Clowns)
Above street art is by Owen Dippie, (OD) a street artist / graffiti artist / muralist from New Zealand. You can find out more about Owen Dippie via his website or follow him on his Blog. The artwork commemorates Heath … Continue reading
Posted in DarkArt, SprayCanArt, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #CreepyClown, #EvilClowns, #HeathLedger, #OwenDippie, #TheJoker, #TWECrew
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Tom Civilian is Too Civil by Half
Street artist Civilian – (aka Tom Civil) is a Melbourne street artist. He came to Melbourne for the S11 blockades for the World Economic Forum in 2000 and decided to stay. Since then, Civil or Civilian has presented “empty shows” … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Graffiti, Civil, Civilian, StreetArt, Tom Civil
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Maybe MYMOnsters are your MOnsters too!
MYMO aka Mimo Mali, is a multi-disciplinary artist who is a painter, illustrator, muralist, installation and animation artist from Berlin who has shown her work throughout the world in various galleries and museums. She has delivered lectures at a range … Continue reading
ROA’s Record of Achievement = No two walls are alike or the same
ECHIDNA: ARGYLE ST. FITZROY, (MELBOURNE) Street artist ROA (born c.a. 1976) is a world-wide known street art muralist from Ghent, Belgium and although his work has been much photographed and documented, very little is known about him. Early in his artistic career, … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists, Wheat-pastes
Tagged Belgium, Ghent, murals, ROA, street art movement, street murals
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All I can say is … Serves you right!
This is a story of before… and… after. I’ve got to say that I truly believe that the local authorities, be it local Council or Railway authorities (doesn’t matter who it is), have a ‘knack’ at turning what was OK … Continue reading
Obey the almighty Shepard for he is the giant of graphic art
Famous and influential international Los Angeles contemporary graphic designer, illustrator and street artist Shepard Fairey was born on the 15th February, 1970 in Charleston, S.C. Shepard’s early interest was skateboarding and through this he later ventured into graphics. He then … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Obey, Shepard Fairey
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If roses are red… and violets are blue…
So February 14 has come again – St. Valentine’s Day. A day when the price of roses skyrockets in florists around the world and chocolate and candy shops are stripped of their especially wrapped stock! Restaurants and cafes make the … Continue reading
May this Bluebird of Happiness RIP
Today would have been the 94th birthday of a wonderful man who came into our personal life many years ago. Full of wisdom and sensibility, he not only witnessed a world at war, but helped fight against warring nations and … Continue reading
A gnarly second anniversary
Lewis Kristian Marnell was born in Melbourne, Australia in, December, 1982. He was a professional international skateboarder who spent much of his life traversing between Australia and Sweden, due to his parents ancestry. None of this stopped him from pursuing the love of his … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, StreetArt
Tagged aerosol art, Jonas Lewis, Lewis Marnell, mural, Nike, skateboarder, skateboarding, Skater of the Year, SLAM magazine, StreetArt
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Santa Claus is coming to town…
“You better watch out, You better not cry , Better not pout , I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town“. …and he is not too far away from you. Between himself, his elves and his reindeer, he … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, StreetArt
Tagged #Canberra, #HosierLane, Canberra street art, Christmas street art, Melbourne Street Art
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Trick or Treat
Halloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is an annual celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31st, and the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day, on November 1. Traditionally it was acknowledged … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, StreetArt
Tagged #Halloween, DarkArt, guising, Samhain, sorcery, witches
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There are No No-Noes with Ohnoes
Ohnoes is an aerosol artist who has displayed his work around Melbourne on walls and galleries with increasing notoriety over the past few years. Although well-known in the street art arena, he claims that he is self-taught and has no … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged aerol art, Arts Hole, Ohnoes, spraycan art
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