Australia, like Europe (in the cities), unlike Asia (at least where we were), seems to have a lot of graffiti. Unfortunately, most of it is just unsightly tagging, ugly vandalism. Some however, is interesting and has aesthetic value. In fact, here are a few websites about Street Art in Australia…
- http://www.cityartsydney.com.au/group/street-art-murals/
- http://sydneystreetartproject.com/
- http://www.streetartmurals.com.au/
This first set of pix of street art that I like is mostly around our neighborhood, the suburb of Stanmore…
More famous for street art is the suburb of Newtown. (In fact check out this page!) This collection of pix is from Newtown and includes a few snippets of the sidewalk bronzes…
Here are more pix in and around Newtown, etc…
No Study Questions, but what will be your street art project…?
I think graffiti is shocking/appalling even when it’s interesting or beautiful!!! XO
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