Sydney "Nights are Warm" Midnight Oil

A few photos from the GoPro Newtown area.

Sydney Swagger

Brick wall view

This character epitomizes life in a big city. The low eyes with bags underneath illustrates a combination of sadness and loneliness. It can be interpreted as "we have all the material wealth we dreamed for but what do we really want to do next?"   

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Stanmore, Sydney

Random pic

Sydney

Construction-Destruction

Interestingly enough building and construction sites particularly in cities are a hot bed for graffiti. Temporary structures such as signs or perimeter walls are popular surfaces. The building sites are temporary (just like graf) and when completed the graffiti becomes hidden, removed or loses its previous urban context.

Central Sydney 

Respect goes out to bombers Kewl, Olsn, Doug, Smel keeping the Sydney scene rolling

A popular painting wall Hobart CBD. As scaffolding and buildings are demolished pieces remain high up and leaves you wondering how did there get up there?  

Newtown, Sydney

Welcome to Newtown, Sydney. A culturally diverse inner-western suburb of Sydney. This is Sydney's equivalent of Melbourne's trendy Brunswick, Collingwood, Fitzroy region or vice versa. Its an interesting place and worth a visit. This like many other inner-city suburbs focuses more on street art rather than graffiti. The stickers have become important element in softening this urban landscape.   

 

Each sign is plastered with stickers. It appears the local council has supported it and even approved unusually small speed limit text on such a large sign. From these signs we can see a number of influential artists. 

• Stabs is probably from Melbourne and known for his intricate stencils
• Mini Graff, she is from New Zealand is now based in Sydney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc-Dd9hz4k
• Above from California? Has traveled the world with his trademark arrows, his identity remains anonymous  
• Phibs from Sydney, paints with his own distinctive style see fish top photo

Link to Newtown Mini Doco on Graffiti and Street Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1a-20hCUhg