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Category Archives: Urban Art
Pellucidar and The Dirty Dozen
This piece by Pie Bolton entitled Pellucidar (2018) was part of The Dirty Dozen exhibition which ran from 18 July – 23 August 2018 at the subterranean Campbell Arcade in Melbourne based on one of Edgar Rice Burrough’s science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Art, DarkArt, Gallery Art, RubbishArt, Urban Art
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I Allus Has Wan At Eleven
Many may recognise this famous vintage Carlton United Brewery beer poster advertisement, entitled – “I Allus Has Wan at Eleven”. There is plenty to be said about the history of the man who posed for this poster. For starters, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Urban Art
Tagged beer posters, Carlton United Brewery, I Allus Has Wan at Elven, McVeigh's Hotel, Sam Griffin, Sam Knott
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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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They Are Redheads | Not Deadheads!
Redheads is an iconic Australian top-selling brand of matches originally manufactured in Victoria by Bryant & May match factory at Church Street, Richmond. The factory was opened in 1909 by The Honourable Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia. The Redhead … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, nostalgia, Urban Art
Tagged Bryant & May, match box covers, Pop Art, Redheads matches
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What a lot of ‘White Noise’ | The Pamela Anderson House
St Kilda West’s “Pamela Anderson House” was once owned by infamous Australian Rules footballer/commentator from “The Footy Show“, Sam Newman. Situated at 270 Canterbury Road, on a former railway reserve, this post-modern style house was built in 2001 by Melbourne … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Urban Art
Tagged Architecture, Baywatch, Cassandra Fahey, house design, minimalism, Pamela Anderson House, Post-modernism, Sam Newman, White Noise
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Why do these remind me of the ICPOTA man with his newspaper cap?
[River art installation: Talking Our Way Home by Shaun Kirby, River Torrens, Adelaide, South Australia. (Five glass and steel origami-like boats suggesting movement, transport and the idea of journey)]. Installation artist Shaun Kirby (born London 1958- ) migrated to Adelaide, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, nostalgia, Sculpture, Urban Art
Tagged #Adelaide, Alex Stitt, ICPOTA, installaion art, River Torrens, Shaun Kirby, The Age
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Wowed By the Cloud
The Cloud (1900) by Charles Douglas Richardson. Victorian Heidelberg School artist and sculptor, Charles Douglas Richardson (7 July 1853 – 15 October 1932) trained at the Artisans School of Design, Trades Hall and the National Gallery School, both in Melbourne; … Continue reading
Posted in Sculpture, Urban Art
Tagged Charles Douglas Richardson, Sculpture, The Cloud
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Looks Like the Death of the Library
[Above: Architectural Fragment by Petrus Spronk]. Architectural Fragment (1992) is a Pythagorean triangle which expresses a strong association with the geometry of ancient Greece. The sculpture is made from Port Fairy blue stone and is situated outside the State Library … Continue reading
All You Need is Love
American Pop Art movement artist Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark on 13 September, 1928 in New Castle, Indiana. His work often consists of bold, simple, iconic images and his best known image is the word LOVE in upper-case letters, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Sculpture, StreetFurniture, Urban Art
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Cereal Collectors? – Not as Corny as it Might Seem
Cereal boxes – from 2016 Open House “Cabinets of Wonder” ephemera collection at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. This collection is entitled ‘Breakfast is Good for You’. The collector is identified as ‘IS’ and their occupation: Cleaner. IS claims: … Continue reading
Compare the Pair #17 | The Tale of Two Fridges
Above: Left: Leda and the Swan fridge by Arthur Boyd; Above Right: Decorated fridge by Shirley Stewart at ANA Hall, Harcourt, Victoria. What separates these two beautifully decorated fridges? – About 31 km via the Midland Highway (A300) in Central … Continue reading
The Very Model of a Tudor Village
The Fitzroy Gardens “Model Tudor Village” in Melbourne was modelled in cement by English artist Edgar Wilson, a 77 year old pensioner who lived in Hamilton Road, Norwood, London, England and carried out the task as his hobby. Over a … Continue reading
Down For a Ride With the Girl On a Slide
Australian painter, sculptor and teacher John Stuart Dowie was born on 15 January 1915, in the Adelaide suburb of Prospect. He was one of South Australia’s most respected sculptors and his works appear all over Adelaide. One of these include: “Girl on … Continue reading
Posted in Sculpture, StreetFurniture, Urban Art
Tagged #Adelaide, bronze, bronze sculptures, John Dowie, rundle Mall, statues
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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
The spirit of community expounds in Ethos
“Ethos” is a slender-winged bronze figured sculpture which stands in the Australian capital city of Canberra’s Civic Centre. Sculptured by Tom Bass, “Ethos” symbolizes the Capital’s ‘Spirit of the Community’ and is said to be an expression of the nation’s … Continue reading
Posted in Sculpture, StreetFurniture, Urban Art
Tagged #Canberra, A.C.T. Legislative Assembly, Canberra sculptures, Civic Centre, Ethos, Sculptures
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