Northcote car-park

An older style Nost piece maybe from 10 years ago? Remarkable its been retained.

 
 

Blue Harris trains

Australia has a tendency to follow and adopt American culture, fast food, TV and more recently graffiti. Australians caught onto this emerging culture in the 1980's through movies like Wild Style. This documentary was later followed by Style Wars showcasing a totally new movement. It took the world by surprise. Melbourne was captivated by this new outlet predominantly for adolescent boys to take risks and develop an identity in anonymous suburban landscape. What followed was a rush to explore and experiment this new artform. Someone once said you can be on top in graffiti but you can never win. Many people have come and gone within the graffiti scene since. Those that stick around often go on to develop and evolve a unique style. Here are the old Blue Harris trains that ran the lines in the 1980's along with artists trying to claim a panel. Here we find Armed from KSA, Paris and Peril and Duel and Zode all still active now.  

Akuze

Tight!

Melbourne's Biggest Legal Wall?

In Ferntree Gully next to the petrol station is the largest organised legal wall in Eastern Melbourne. Back in 2011 many artists from big name crews like AFP, SDM, ADN, MDR and SR painted this wall. Practitioners  Askm, Perch and Dvate paint routinely, related pieces repetitively. They use similar structure and adjust colours, backgrounds, 3D from piece to piece. There is a state of the art, level of skill when you've repeated a piece with a similar style over and over again. This wall and other legal walls inspire artists from the suburbs. It gives them a range of styles to help create new ideas and letter-forms.    

Ferntree Gully, Melbourne