Urban Artforms

Lady Watch Your Mouth :: Lucifer VI // DreamCanvas // Laser Lemon GelNot all grafitti is created equal. We pass by most of it, entirely indifferent. It’s part of the urban landscape, and we’ve become blind to it. It’s only when there is something unique about it that suddenly we notice it: often it’s when an artist has actually been comissioned to create a mural.

In the case of these two examples, the first in Collingwood, a woman’s face caught my eye. She was like an urban collage: a half-torn billboard that had been sprayed with shots of colour, waving precariously in the wind. Any moment part of her would be carried off. The other, a black and white boy with a blackbird’s head is a more permanent piece in South Melbourne. It’s immediately striking in its stark lack of colour, and strong black lines. It reminds me of the art of Reg Mombassa. 

Keep an eye out.

Blackbird Boy :: Watts // AO DLX // No flash