Out and about in Dandenong South

Graffiti is a product of its environment. Where it appears and disappears is relative to public and corporate sentiment. Industrial walls are the backbone of the graffiti scene. Usually scattered in middle and outer suburbs of most cities adjacent to a reserve or a creek. These walls mark the edge of land that defines productive and unutilised lands. In the middle this dead space exists. Here we find the concrete walls nestled and hidden in suburbia. It's one of the last acceptable spaces where graffiti can exist. Almost everywhere else it it battles and competes for space to some extent. Out of sight but not out of mind for the graffiti artist. 

Until you facilitate chill spaces to paint, expect tags and throw-ups to proliferate. Those are quick ways to get up in a society driven by the buff. That's why industrial back walls are essential to the scene. They provide time and space needed to produce burners. 

fresh pieces by SDM crew

Prix-AFP constantly redefining letterform with a unique abstract take. Some artists just flat out wash, rinse, repeat on style, Prix doesn't. Others push the boundaries. Always altering, adjusting, concocting new styles. The more stripped back and simple the harder it gets.

 

back street & graffiti art from Fairfield

Alex Grils artist from Blue Mountains dominating the walls of this street in Fairfield. Futuristic and sci fi inspired figures appear as these imposing figures observing by-standers and travelling pedestrians. Almost like they know something we don't about tomorrow's world. Curled up and armored ready for the intensity and propensity of the enduring situation. Or maybe just a head in the clouds drowning and giving the final salute to whatever we knew as true. This is where street art should live in the niche alongside graffiti. where lettering and imagery sits side by side in complementing each other. 

Iconic Banksia. This plant has inspired many artists including Celia Rosser.

 

Ringwood Wall re-visted

The standard here is high and strangely enough doesn't receive the tagging onslaught that most legal walls endure (or as I prefer  the term socially accepted graffiti wall). Hosier Lane in Melbourne and Morphett Bridge Legal walls are prime examples of walls bombed with tags. 

Sigs Interview with Sigs

 With a bit of research this looks like Melbourne artist Sabeth. 

He has a 1992-3 panel piece featured in Kings Way Book. Sabeth's Blog

New 2 DMA, AFP

A distinct experimental non traditional graffiti letter-form approach. Bursting with originality.

http://new2afpdma.blogspot.com.au/

Liquorice all-sorts piece  

This appears to be the fine work of Flash from CI crew.

Porno from SDM, CDF

One of the finest quality vandals from Melbourne. Consistently fresh, tight work, well known for his balanced abstract symmetrical pieces. 

Interview with Porno https://www.bombingscience.com/porno-3/

Phibs from Sydney

His commissioned artwork is frequently seen in the inner Northern suburbs of Melbourne and the inner Western suburbs of Sydney. For me he's one of the few Australian artists who successfully produces street art and graffiti, without criticism from the graffiti community. 

Phibs Facebook

Often people get too caught up in the name and reputation associated with the name. In saying this artists that have built themselves a name (or for some even a brand) in the underground scene deserve recognition. Some people need to appreciate the work for what it is, not who it is. Nice work Mone!

Previously featured

 http://australiangraffiti.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/ringwood-wall-part-1-of-3.html

http://australiangraffiti.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/ringwood-wall-part-2-of-3.html

http://australiangraffiti.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/ringwood-wall-part-3-of-3.html

The Tame piece seen in Part 3 is still there and is respected

Ringwood wall part 1 of 3

Its not often you find high quality walls in the outer suburbs. There is always graffiti along the train lines and down the drains, but away from these culturally accepted area's it becomes scarce. Next in line comes the blank canvas concrete walls behind industrial area's. These places are often harder to find. Once an artist gets onto another artist then a crew or group of writers will go down and have a chilled out paint session. The result will often be a high quality wall like this one.

CKA crew

The trackside walls along the Werribee train line are culturally rich in graffiti. Big name artists come to paint the back walls of industrial buildings. This first piece is particularly unique with the use of a free style approach colour outside the lines approach. The 2nd piece shows a change to a public style directly related to its prime track-side position. 

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