Ringwood wall 15 years on

2024 The railway line goes underground and the pieces holds steady. SR crew on far left with some old school pieces in the centre, dated 1996. Almost 20 years after they were painted. Incredible piece of Melbourne history.

 

2014

Tame, PBP crew?

1996

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2009

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

5 years of wall evolution, Ringwood, Melbourne

Graffiti walls all around the world are changing constantly. It's interesting to watch the evolution of the wall and the influences of the change. 

30.1.13

Here you see a cheap half done orange buff re-paint to cover previous graffiti. People have noticed this and preferred to go with the throw-up over the top. Cover maximum area with minimum paint.

24.8.13

Shortly after with no buffing people stop throw-ups and start painting pieces. This goes on for 4 years to 2018. Nost tag out of his traditional painting range of inner suburbs and south-east.

24.6.14

24.11.15

Old school writer Cruze, CW, MOS, WCA. Foebia piece shows a more 90's style where the outlines cut into the lettering. Similar style to Prizna also from CW.

10.1.17

Clean, public style

24.12.17

A unorthodox style by Krems from GH

Every wall shot up until now has showcased at least two main writers. Here Krems from GH makes a bold statement and uses the whole wall.

317 Canterberry Rd, Ringwood, abandoned

Canterberry Rd, abandoned nursing home. Extensive graffiti gallery, with lots of individual rooms with loads of wall space. Almost everything in this place has been smashed except the concrete walls. Its totally different to what Psalm saw back in 2010 http://psalmantics.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/aged-care-facility-317-canterbury-rd.html. Wonder what the elderly think about this?  

Building destruction then art construction

Ringwoods graffiti scene is partly directed by the presence of the train line. In part it was influenced from years of dedication from the SR crew with writers like Perch and Rinse.

This wall has only been exposed earlier this year with a high profile from nearby road. The towns graffiti scene goes in ebbs and flows. Each wall is different in Ringwood some move frequently, re-painted again and again and a lot progressively accumulate work. Buffing along the train line in Ringwood has changed the dynamics of the scene and pushed artists to other walls like this one.

website-http://mraeon.com/

Ringwood wall part 3 of 3

Ringwood wall part 2 of 3

This is as a rare high quality wall. Each artist has put up very high quality work, probably with the assumption and belief it will stay longer than a tag or throw-up.

Porn with one of the cleanest symmetrical styles rocking Melbourne City. 

Fresh. With the track-side style making you think your going past the wall on a train and the momentum's distorting the piece.

Dvate from SDM crew

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.

Whiz Kid

I salute Whiz. Such a accomplished writer, constantly getting up in the East, Inner-North and Central parts of Melbourne. He has got one of the best throw-ups going around in Melbourne. It takes a lot of skill to produce hollow throw-ups (no fill) in tight spaces. If you make a mistake, you can't redo the fill or lines, its there for everyone to see. Throw-ups are highly under-rated and tend to get neglected. Australia's most popular graffiti Facebook page, Melburn Graffiti just doesn't post enough throwies. 

 This is got to be one of the best bin pieces going round

W is a notoriously difficult letter to work with in graff but Whiz does it with ease and originality.