Go visit Crush City if you find yourself in Brisbane. A small store made for artists. Plenty of paint on offer and with a legal wall just around the corner to practice your craft.
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Monday, 28 April 2025
Monday, 23 December 2024
Brisbane-below ground
After a conversation at Cold Crush we found out there's only one legal graffiti wall in Brisbane. A tough ask in a city that wants paint and people don't appreciate it. Down in the secluded corners of the drain in Brisbane a couple of young writers paint in safety "its not worth the risk painting the streets." Brisbane's taken a hard-line stance on graffiti. Where the art flourishes in the laneways of Melbourne and even Hobart, Brisbane's culture is different. Freeways are rarely painted, here graffiti is replaced by bland landscape murals that sit as street art defence mechanism. But go below ground and with space time and imagination artwork flourishes. Nearby the legal wall another drain, painted wall to wall top to bottom. Piecing in peace, few people venture this far making it a safer place. Back at the legal wall a council worker pulls up armed with a tablet for a database and roller to buff paint that latest tag. That's the no tolerance approach to the surrounding walls in a city that tries to keep a lid on it despite it bursting at the seams.
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Friday, 11 August 2017
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Abandoned Skating arena, Brisbane
In Red Hill, Brisbane lies an abandoned skating arena. Only a fraction of its former glory the building was deliberately burnt in 2002. The next door business Clovely Estate Cellar Door bought the site 2011 with the intention to re-develop it. Approval from council but later on objections from the public has held up any further development. The site remains a relic of the past built in 1920's. Progressively plants are establishing through accumulation of debris. The roof has all but completely burnt and the steel beams and slowly being encapsulated by vines.
Internationally acclaimed graffiti artist Sofles from Brisbane
Melbourne graffiti crew "All city"
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