Sunshines Top 10 Melbourne Street Art & Graffiti - October 2011
- Graffiti, Melbourne, Photographs, Street Art
- October 18, 2011

We do love ourselves a great mashup, and who better than aMBUSH Gallery to put on a group show of modern artists reinventing those masters of old? “For centuries, art has marched alongside history, and history alongside art. Each movement, from the painstakingly detailed oils of the Renaissance to the tongue-in-cheek boldness of 1960s Pop
READ MORESeasons Of Change is one of our favourite series of shows here in Melbourne, and, now with the series into their second year, it’s still going strong, bringing graff infused art in all it’s glory to the southside Couple the strength of this series with the next “Summer” iteration this Friday night, which will be
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Well, after a hugely successful book launch (which you should really go and buy a copy of), Dean Sunshine is back with another Top 10 for us all – which contains, of course, all of his favourite shots from around Melbourne last month. So many of his previous Top 10s ended up in the book
READ MOREOkay. So, you probably all know about the Jill Meagher tribute piece that was painted in Melbournes Hosier Lane last month. (image via StreetsmART) Then, a few weeks later, some of you may have seen this … news … story on the Herald Sun .. The thing is, though, is that after the Jill Meagher
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Tonight will see the launch of a book that many have long looked forward to – the culmination of a passion project that we’ve followed from its inception. Having been “paintspotting” around Melbourne for years, Dean Sunshine started sharing his captures way back in 2010 – opening up his blog, Land Of Sunshine to the masses.
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Returning to Melbourne for a second time, Mark Bode has been a hell busy man since his last trip down here for his successful solo show at House Of Bricks. Now, he returns with a spin on the Australian culture, for his whimsically cool show “Ned Kelly Maps & Other Outback Stories”. “In the graffiti
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Dean Sunshine has been a pretty busy man of late, what with getting his book, Land Of Sunshine, ready to launch and all. We’ve missed his Top 10s over this busy period of his, but he’s back with his favourite work from around the Melbourne streets in the past month. Check out Deans picks for what he
READ MOREOur mate Hancock put us on to this one, and we’re glad he did – always great to see a cool show at one of our favourite inner city Galleries, No Vacancy – and what a show! “New links between audience and artist will be created through interpretations of this very concept; Half. The initial
READ MOREFor some time now, Norwegian artist Sinnsykshit has made Melbourne his temporary home, and, during his stay here as a part of studying for his honours, he has done a wide range of research looking into ways in which the “Melbourne attitude” towards street art and graffiti could be applied to his homeland. In the
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The Butcher Shop have put together an exciting all Perth group exhibition, ‘See-Saw’, which celebrates Open House Perth.This is the first year that Perth has been a part of the ‘Open House’ program, which is a celebration of Architecture, Urban Design and Public Art. “The focus of Open House Perth is to provide a better
READ MOREOne of our favourite shows we’ve been to this year was Ink Dots Black Spots – so much to see, so much damn fine art in print form. Spread over two venues, it was a jam packed with punters and purveyors. When we saw last week that it was heading up to Sydney, we couldn’t
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Collingwood and Fitzroy, both a part of City Of Yarra, are two neighbouring suburbs whose name have become almost synonymous with Melbourne street art, and, indeed Australian street art. Chances are, if you visit Melbourne and have a passion for art, you’ll find yourself heading there almost immediately. Unfortunately, the magic of spontaneous, unsanctioned street
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