Ages ago I bought a small series of prints from a vendor at the Glebe Fair. Each one is a simple b&w illustration of a tree and on each tree is a single red leaf. I thought it would be fitting to frame the prints in a thin red lacquered frame to complement the dash of colour in each picture. And I assumed that most framing shops would carry this stock. Not so. Anyway, I searched further afield and spoke to a friendly and helpful man called Paul at Modern Framing in St Peters who found some Marks & Company Red Lacquer No. 107 kicking around in the back room. Yay!
I followed Paul's directions and parked around the back of the shop on May Lane, St Peters. As I stepped out of the car I realised I had inadvertently stepped into graffiti art heaven. The artworks adorning the laneway represented a number of styles, including (my favourite) stencil work and a huge array of very colourful traditional pieces. None of that crappy tagging stuff.
The pictures that follow were taken hurriedly with my camera phone. I hope to return soon and take some better shots.
3 comments:
There's a great episode of the ABC series 'Not Quite Art' that focuses on graffiti art, esp. in the laneways around Melbourne. You can download it from the ABC website, I definitely recommend it.
Hello? Hello? We can hear crickets in the bleachers... :)
love the rubber ducky - the vibrancy of the yellow and red in the greyness of the industrial landscape. Great find.
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