street art in elwood
i really like this little piece of wall.
it is tucked in a laneway by a pretty uininspiring cafe off glenhuntly road in elwood.
there is nothing in this photo that i don’t like.
play,play,play!
Edited: June 18th, 2011
the free market – an ‘art exhibition’ sells nothing – take what you want for free – awesome!
i drop into the cofa kudos gallery, paddington quite regularly, but am spewing that i missed out on the opening night of this one.
this exhibition – ‘the free market’ – differs from any that i have seen – in large part because nothing is for sale, everything is given away – for free – and that exactly is the point. the art is not hanging on the wall, the art is in the idea.
i chatted with the artist – lauren carroll harris – and i really love and support her idea. i think there is the possibility of a worldwide movement for this type of thing.
she has been collecting stuff that people don’t want for a while – in our throw-away society, i don’t imagine that it would take too long either.
the gallery space was laid out a bit like a share-house – with a kitchen, living room, lots of furniture, bookshelves filled with books, a ton of cds donated by fbi radio, and triple j radio.
every day, the crew from bourke st bakery and sonoma bakery would deliver bread, sandwiches, pies, sausage rolls and bread rolls that would otherwise be thrown into the bin.
the idea was pretty much a free for all – what ever you see that you like, you are welcome to just take. lauren provided plenty of used plastic shopping bags to haul your loot of with.
ALL this stuff would have ended up in landfill if it was not for this project. Instead, people ate for free, took home free cd’s, got free furniture, books, pots, pans, toys, appliances, posters, you name it, it was there for the taking.
my photo does not do it justice, as the exhibition opened a week ago – attracting over 300 people. not bad for a neighboorhood gallery. The place was wiped out of the best stuff on the first night, but i at least managed to pick up a few good books and two pieces of absolute shit – one of which i will photograph in a week or so and have a big menacing rant about. stay posted.
great work! i just hope that most of the people who walked away with your free stuff also walked away understanding your message.
i was a ditz and left your email behind, shoot me a message if you want me to post blog or contact details for you on here.
Edited: June 7th, 2011
darlinghurst back lane street art
there is so much good stuff on the back lanes throughout this city. i would just love to see every back lane wall covered in art.
Edited: May 25th, 2011
get me out of here!
it’s funny, you know.
i have walked past this for years now and even though i am doing this blog, i have never thought to shoot it. i don’t know why..
it is a cracker of a little piece. stating the obvious, but in case you can’t tell, this is a security door by the side of a terrace house in fitzroy st, surry hills – opposite the cricketer’s arms. there is a door behind the security gate and this is painted on the door.
it’s awesome. a little disturbing maybe – and perhaps that’s why i never shot it.
Edited: May 18th, 2011
zap – a worried king
i came across this one in a strange little back alley behind the amex building on oxford street (opposite hyde park).
Edited: April 24th, 2011
the brutal poodles chariot
wtf? seems to be something around lately with vehicles with pink highlights.
the pink is a bit crazy, but the little cherub bolted (well i hope it is) onto the bonnet takes the cake for me.
the brutal poodles are a sydney band, well duo, who are pretty keen to get noticed. nothing like a bloke pulling out some falsetto. prince did it so well, but took himself too seriously. i’d give you a link, but he pulled the prince official website off in 2006, when he became a born again christian.
we can thank flight of the conchords to make the man falsetto thing fun again, i think.
you can check out the brutal poodles music on their myspace page. below i’ve posted one of their clips – a song called ‘star’. check it out, i think they could be good fun to see live.
good luck boys, oh and maybe wash your car, the birdshit eats the duco.
TAGS: art, brutal poodles, cars, music, Sydney
Edited: July 12th, 2010
amazing, just released pic of fidel castro in hospital on his deathbed.
well, kind of….
this is an awesome work by artist Shen Shaomin showing on cockatoo island as part of the 2010 sydney bienalle.
fidel is prone in hospital here, mechanics providing a rising and sinking chest as he is making his death rattles. he is positioned as a point of a pentagram, the other points are life-sized and equally freakish models of lenin, great leader chaiman mao, uncle ho, and great leader kim il-sung.
he’s in great company. very tongue in cheek, the work is called ‘summit’(2010). i like.
another photo from the amazing series.
Edited: June 20th, 2010
more concrete remote controls
i love these things on oxford st, i still haven’t heard back about who has been doing them. you can see the others i have found here and here.
i found a concrete computer too.
Edited: March 21st, 2010
concrete mobile phone
more of the same from the same person who did this and this.
i also found a concrete computer.
Edited: November 17th, 2009
stunned mullets
why do they look like stunned mullets?
anyway, the stunned mullet on the right, in the white shirt is barnaby. he is one half of the team shooting for sprout daily. the other mullet is murray (not in shot). they threw an exhibition showcasing their last 6 months of work and contributing to the manly surf festival.
they run an awesome mailing list which shoots out a daily newsletter so that you get to see and smell the sea every day, no matter where you live. check them out here. don’t be shy, join their mailing list.
Edited: November 5th, 2009
yet more guerilla art
Okay then, will the real Phil James please stand up, please stand up?
For those of you who are regulars here, you would have already seen this post. Here is another piece found in Paddington.
Whoever this guy is, he really likes to see a mashed-up Princess Diana as you can see here, posted by a Kate Bedwell (nice name BTW, do you?).
Dumbo Feather has also mentioned him here, as has Darlinghurst Nights.
Someone called Reemski has posted this on her Flickr account as well.
I really hope this is not some clever viral marketing campaign that has us hoodwinked and that rather, it is a homegrown Banksy-type thing.
If it IS a marketing thing, I vow to take down all posts regarding this and replace them with something else i shot that day. You know I DO take more than one photo a day.
If anyone finds more of this guys work, please put your links into my comments.
PS. – Haberdashery – what an excellent word.
Edited: July 24th, 2009
concrete guerilla art
I have noticed over the past few weeks these things appearing on Oxford Street.
Someone has made these pre-fabs (out of concrete?). There are TV and video remote controls, as well as one Nokia phone. Seems that they have poured the concrete into the mould, buttons and all and have scratched messages into them. The detail is amazing. They have been stuck onto brick walls with liquid nails or something.
One of them, a TV remote, is enscribed with the word “Isolation”. I like it. Here is another.
i also found a concrete computer.
I would love to know if anyone else here has seen these things and if anyone knows who is doing it?
My message to the perp is this – “Thank You!” – I hope the Saturday shoppers get your message.
Edited: July 22nd, 2009
guerilla art in Sydney
Is it art, or advertising? hmmm. Looks like someone ripped another one off, just to the left of this one.
Edited: July 10th, 2009
art auction
Some of the works up for auction to help raise funds for my favourite radio station – FBi. 94.5 FM.
For those of you from outside of sydney, or if you just don’t know, it’s a community radio station that plays 50% aussie music, and 50% of that comes from sydney.
i’m a supporter – you should be too 
Check them out and listen to their stream here: www.fbiradio.com
Edited: July 3rd, 2009