The Collingwood Collection (and associated suburbs) part 3 of 3

The Collingwood Collection (and associated suburbs) part 1 of 3

Aerosol graffiti comes in three basic forms, tags, throw-ups and pieces. Out of the three forms pieces dominate the media. Not enough attention is given to throw-ups and their role in society. Throw-ups are often associated with bombing (the act of putting up work on many surfaces quickly). Throw-ups tend to be concentrated- 

• around areas that are buffed regularly
• high profile sites, trackside walls, roadside walls
• places where tags have accumulated often becoming layered and indecipherable   
• where there is not enough time to paint a piece

PAA bombing high profile sites 

Spot the Nost

Can you find the 3 and 1/2 Nost Pieces in this photo?

RIP Collingwood Silos

I was lucky enough to visit the silos when it was still abandoned back in 2013. Back when I used to go on trips weekly exploring new places and finding graffiti along the way. The silos, or Yorkshire Brewery Site had an incredible vibe. Many of Melbourne's big names had come here to paint Phibs, Break, Rone, Sofles, Maid, Jetso, Peezor, Tres, Bailer, Everfresh to name a small few. It had established an artistic pride which spilled out to onto the neighboring streets. Graffiti painted on the way to and from. The buildings blocked entries, had been pushed open by urban explorers. It was abandoned since 1996 and is listed as a heritage building. Its sad to see such a phenomenal hub lost. Town houses and apartments are well underway. But this is the ephemeral nature of this art, the graffiti will continue and has thrived over the last 30 years. Walls are lost and new ones are found and pioneered, and then they become the next big thing. In many ways graffiti isn't temporary its just the deteriorating architecture that is. 

Peps

Peps is well known in the Melbourne scene, this is some of the work...

Bubble Throw-up Styles

A throw-up or throwie is the artists pseudonym or sometimes the first and last letter of their name. They often have one outline colour and one fill colour. Sometimes they don't have any fill. Throw-ups are designed to cover large and generally high profile spaces quickly and rapidly without being caught. 

Richmond Station

PAA bombing high profile locations around Melbourne.

Jetso Peezr smashing the scene with traditional dirty, grunge styled graffiti.

 JA from New York?? in Knoxfield

Yucks Dandy, These guys have smashed the Freeways recently