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Tag Archives: #Melbourne
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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Chrissy Amphlett | You’re Not Like the Rest
The late Divinyl’s singer Chrissy Amphlett helped put Australian rock music on the international map and is recognised with a permanent accolade to her in the form of a renamed lane off Little Bourke Street between Spring and Exhibition Streets, … Continue reading
Compare the Pair #19 | This is Wild Man
Australian sculptor Ronald “Ron” Mueck (born 1958, in Melbourne) grew up in the family business of puppetry and doll-making. After spending time working in the family industry, Mueck turned to sculpture. He first came to public attention with his sculpture … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Sculpture, Street Artists A-Z, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Melbourne, Hyperrealism, Oksep, Ron Mueck, street art, street artists, Wild Man
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The Spring Cycle
[Above: Spring Cycle by Wen Jun (mixed media) 2013]. This colourful artwork is in the form of a pedicab, which was once commonly used as transport in Chinese cities. Painted in the traditional Spring Festival style, the eight paintings on … Continue reading
Chloe and The Grasshopper – Two of a Kind
Above Right: “The Grasshopper” (La Cigale) 1872 oil on canvas 186.7 x 123.8cm. This is considered one of Jules Lefebvre’s classic female nudes. It was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1872 and was accompanied at the Salon’s exhibition … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Erotic Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Melbourne, Chloe, Jules Lefebvre, La Cigale), nude paintings, The Grasshopper, Young & Jackson's Hotel
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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
The Yoyo diet of Yoyoe Bean
According to her website Josephine Bradley Scott Jo, aka Yoyoe is an eclectic Melbourne based artist working with ink, oil, spray can and body paint media. As a passionate body image activist, she has worked with respected organizations such as … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged #Melbourne, Josephine Bradley Scott, StreetArt, Yoyoe Bean
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Christmas in Hosier Lane
This is left over from last Christmas in Melbourne’s Hosier Lane – entitled “I’ll Empty Your Sack.” I chose not to show it last year because I thought it too rude: but I haven’t seen anything Christmas-sy in the street … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Christmas, #HosierLane, #Melbourne, #StreetArt, I'll empty your sack
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From East to West – I’ve Goatcher Covered
Philip W. Goatcher was born on the 23rd November 1851, in London; the son of a scene painter. He left school in his early teens to work as a law clerk at Lincoln’s Inn. In his spare time he would visit … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, DecorativeArts, Illustrations, Paintings, Performing Art, Textiles
Tagged #Kalgoorlie, #Melbourne, #Victoria, #WesternAustralia, Bay of Naples, Block Arcade, Boulder, gold rush, goldrush towns, J. C. Williamson, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Philip Goatcher, Sadler's Wells Theatre, theatre backdrop curtains, theatre design
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Am I ever gonna see your face again…
Dimmey‘s the bargain department store has been a local iconic landmark in Swan Street, Richmond since 1878. The store was later remodeled with the addition of the famous clock tower in 1910. The clock tower’s popularity was emphasized by local … Continue reading
A Burg-meister in street art
Burg is a street artist who is well-known around Melbourne and other places. After recent visits to the NSW coastal nirvana of Byron Bay, Burg has had some recent exhibits both there and back in Melbourne. An artist whose passion … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, StreetArt
Tagged #LFC, #Liverpool, #Melbourne, Burg, Elsternwick, StreetArt
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A sacred and safe home for all living creatures
The Fairies Tree is a red gum carving by Ola Cohn, MBE, ARCA which stands in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. Born in Bendigo in 1892, Ola excelled in art an early age. She studied at Melbourne’s Swinburne Technical College before winning a … Continue reading
Compare the pair #11 – The New Wave of Street Art
I saw this modern day replica of Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘Kangawa-oki Namiura’ or Raging Billows off Kanagawa at the rear of Melbourne’s famous Japanese Hanabishi Restaurant which has been owned by Akio Soga since 1988. The depiction of the tsunami wave, with … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, Oriental Art, Paintings, StreetArt
Tagged #Japan, #Melbourne, Hanabishi Restaurant, Mount Fuji, tsunami wave
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A Black Day for Street Art
A Black Day for Street Art- or so it seems, according to media write-up, however, there still is an element of alarm with the latest black out on Hosier Lane in Melbourne. This has been a mega street art destination … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, Stencils, Stickers&Slaps, StreetArt, StreetArtists, Wheat-pastes
Tagged #HosierLane, #Melbourne, StreetArt
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Jill Meagher – Reclaim the Night Tribute
Back on October 12, 2012, an unknown street artist plied the walls of Hosier Lane in Melbourne, with heartfelt feelings towards the unfortunate and senseless killing of a young 29 year-old Irish woman, living in Melbourne and working for the … Continue reading