I love street art sculpture; this is my third post about it (see Street Art Sculpture and More Street Art Sculpture). Not all of the street sculptures that I’ve written about are still there; some have weathered well, some have been painted over and others have been removed. Such is the nature of all street art. But there are some new ones around, especially the rainbows by GT who saved the best one for Hosier Lane.
GT spectrum sculpture, 2012, Hosier Lane
This is an amazing time in the history of Melbourne’s sculpture. 40 years ago the old sculpture that Melbourne would accept were figures of people or horses made of bronze or stone and placed in a park or out the front of a prominent building. Now there is the joy of discovering a Will Cole cast squashed can or a Junky Projects hidden in the streets. It is another reason not to sleep walk through the city but to explore it.
Will Coles, can, 2011, Corner Elizabeth & Burke
Junky Projects, 2012, Brunswick
Van Rudd, Protest Sign, 2010, Collingwood
unknown, pig face, 2011, Hosier Lane
Malfunction, Leopards, 2011, Brunswick
It is hard to find space for a sculpture in the narrow laneways and crowded streets of Melbourne so some of the best current artists work on a small scale. Not everyone can pull off something as large as Crateman collective or CDH’s Atlas intervention. But more of Melbourne’s street artists like Be Free and Phoenix are thinking in 3 dimensions. Not that all street art sculpture will be successful, some of it just make me cringe.
unknown, kangola australiana, Flannigan Lane, 2011
If anyone with more information about any of the pieces or any other street art sculpture please leave your thoughts.
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