Sydney Street Art

Sunday 4 December 2011

Outpost Project - Art from the Streets

With only a week to go I made my way over to the Outpost Art from the Streets Project on Cockatoo Island. The Island has been transformed into one of the biggest street art canvases in the Southern Hemisphere featuring artist from around the world. With an impressive collection of Banksy's work and don’t take away for a second the work by local artists I was absolutely blown away.

You can get a list of the featured artists and other exhibitions at the Outpost Project Website. I have to give the the Aus government credit for giving these amazing guys a platform to demo and show the work they do.

For early December the weather was something horrible and it managed to stop raining just long enough to get around and see all that was on offer. Good thing I wasn't out side when this washing machine came crashing down.

Some how I managed to find the work between the work. Clearly this island had been taken over by talent and everything across the island had been transformed in to something underground.

No way I would have been able to capture everything the island had to offer but here are some of my favourites. Tell me what you think?

The Project was also a home to Secret Wars Australia, a creative battle Street vs Street. I didn't get to see any battles but the aftermath looks amazing.

One of the most surprising sections that I had no idea about and the one I spent the most time at was a hall devoted to Tees and the art. I can't even tell you how many great Tees they had on display but I wanted all of them. I wish they had more literature I could take home so I could Google some of the online stores. UPDATE: After a little research once I got home I was able to find more information on T-World.

I have heaps of pictures of the day and like I mentioned no way I could have shared it all. It was a great day out and high recommend and hope this becomes an annual event.

Ok so now for my negative side note. As much as I was blown away and loved the location I felt everything to be very controlled and actually the art some what limited to the "street" or "canvas" that is made available. What I love most about street art is how it interacts with the real world and our everyday life.

Love the work keep it up!

Outpost Project - Art from the Streets | TVC from Cockatoo Island on Vimeo.

Friday 25 November 2011

Never Look Back!

Never look back made out of old scrabble pieces and a newspaper cut out. I spotted while walking down Hall Street in Bondi just out side a little side cafe called Le Paris-Go. I actually didn't want to look back, walking up from the beach back into the city I guess you also wouldn't want to look back. The cafe is really laid back and has loads of cool posters on the walls or different gigs around Sydney. I'm not sure if the guys at Le Paris-Go put this up or if it a random but it really works against the brick face wall backdrop.

Wednesday 16 November 2011

John John - Carbon Police

The current Australian government has recently implemented a new "carbon tax". If you care enough you can read about both sides of the story here and here.

A artist who I can only identify as "John John" has put up a few graffiti stencilling technique pieces in Rosebay, Bondi and along the Bondi to Tamarama walk.

I have been walking or driving past these for some time. I would have to say that they were a large part of my inspiration to start this blog. The two on white walls are in Bondi and Rosebay and can be seen on heavy vehicle traffic routes but still give the impression that they are hiding behind a wall or building, heavily armed ready for action, waiting for you to brake the carbone laws. The one on the brick face wall is on the Bondi to Tamarama walk far away from any real traffic and are duplicates of the other two.

I have not come across any more of these so if you see any please let me know. I'd also be interested to see more of John Johns work, even get in touch with him to see more of his work. Sydneys Banksy?

Saturday 12 November 2011

Welcome - Sydney Street Art

I've always been a fan of street art especially the way it interacts with the architecture of a building or the way it is placed on a wall along the street. Often with a message of some kind. I was first exposed to this public art by my sister in London when she took me past a Banksy and I've been hooked ever since.

I started this blog to share the works I have come across during my day to day in Sydney. I'll do my best to share the location and as much information I can find about a particular artist.

I'm very open to freedom of speech and expressing yourself in art but I will not condone any type of vandalism or hate speech. A very thin line I know but the key is to respect.

Artists feel free to get in touch would like to see more of your work. Readers of the blog would be great to hear from you, let me know of what you have seen in and around Sydney.

My first post is of a door I came across in Bondi after breakfast one morning. The little flower is rather popular around Sydney (feel free to share any info you might have on it). I kind of got the feeling of Alice wondering where will the door take me.