Sorry for not writing about street art and graffiti as often as I once did in this blog. This is partially because of the conservative direction that Melbourne street art has taken. I don’t like murals. I love the smallest pieces.
Unknown in Coburg
I enjoy street art sculpture and I keep finding the odd piece around. The sculptural elements that Kambeeno has been adding with his paste-ups; love bombing can be read so many ways. Kambeeno also represents a new wave of political paste-up artists spreading their message of peace, love and understanding on Melbourne’s streets.
Kambeeno
I still see the graffiti pieces flash past my window on the train or on along the freeway noise barriers. It is amazing the speed at which the human mind can take in an image but it is hard to stop to take a photograph. In Chinatown I saw some well placed paste-ups by LA street artist, Pike 169 TCF.
I have been watching and reporting on the development of Hosier Lane, along the Upfield Line or in Presgrave Place for over a decade and I intend to keep on doing that. Only, apart from Hosier Lane becoming packed with more tourists, there hasn’t been much to report. Some of the same people are still putting up pieces; Phoenix is still active in Presgrave Place. And the new people are putting up some of the same old stuff, including a return to stencils.
Street art continues to address the important issues of our times; currently the number of women murdered by men. I saw this series of stickers in Fitzroy and I fact checked them before sharing them.
Black Mark 
August 7th, 2018 at 10:44 AM
Another great post. Those stickers huh? Really hits you in the guts. I would love to see a lot more of the socially aware stuff that gets put up on the streets. Awareness is a powerful thing.
August 7th, 2018 at 6:20 PM
Thanks. Yes, the stickers are a powerful awareness raising work. They are so individual and then you see a couple more.
August 7th, 2018 at 5:11 PM
Still surprised no one has ever seen the striking similarity Kambeeno chopper and Martin Whatson’s Chinook Hearts…..
August 7th, 2018 at 6:17 PM
Well spotted Stevec, Kambeeno is very similar to Whatson’s Chinook Hearts. I am less impressed with Kambeeno in general.