you are here, no parking
yep, here you are, in glebe.
Edited: June 16th, 2010
down with prams and designer babies
there are not many places in sydney that ever were about yuppie life. this bit of social commentary is a little bit late i think. the gentrification of newtown really started kicking off about 15 years ago!
though i too am not a fan of designer babies, i don’t really see the problem with prams. i’m sure whoever wrote this was pushed around in one at some stage.
as for respecting the locals, ‘yuppies’ make up quite a good proportion of locals.
do you not think that it is a bit disrespectful to be scrawling this rubbish on the walls of someones shop? the owner/tenant may well be a local too.
ah, the sweet irony.
Edited: May 17th, 2010
awesome robot poker machine spray in paddo
what a great little spray this is.
it’s on the side-wall of the australian centre for photography (ACP) on oxford street, paddington.
Edited: May 13th, 2010
is this art or vandalism?
if you have been following this blog for a little while, you will have noticed that i am quite liberal on most things – particularly on anything artsy fartsy.
it breaks my heart when i see a good piece or throw-up on the rail lines being covered over with the ubiquitous brown paint that RailCorp so loves to use. It also bothered me when philjames emailed me to tell me that some of the work that he did that i photographed, had been ripped off the walls, leaving behind nothing more than ugly scars.
i have to say though, what is in this photo of the day is completely crap. it’s most likely the work of some dipshit COFA student trying to be profound. i think that this is crap for the following reasons:
1)your ‘art’ is just complete crap – total smega garbage and it says NOTHING;
2) it can’t be painted over or removed without doing more damage to a tree that has been there for over 100 year than what you have already done. Keep in mind, this is in a densely populated area, where it’s unlikely mature trees will be replaced at all.;
3) total disrespect for nature and neighbourhood (in which he/she probably studies in and is desperate to be accepted into);
4) whoever did this, you are a total cock who needs a good slap – get the fuck out of my neighborhood!
Edited: May 6th, 2010
more street art, stencils and a concrete computer
a pretty busy wall this one. the pc is made out of concrete and it can be assumed that it’s the work of the same person who did this and this and this.
Edited: April 23rd, 2010
most trashed toilet ever?
the only one that i’ve seen that can give this one a run for its money is in the east end of london on brick lane. feel free to find another in this class.
its at my local – the cricketers arms pub.
Edited: April 20th, 2010
nice bit of graf and great blue sky
such a lovely autumn afternoon. nice colours – camperdown park.
Edited: April 15th, 2010
archibald prize 2010
what a work of art, social commentary and deep insight. shame it wasn’t nominated for the archibalds this year. I just wonder, who’s mum is it supposed to be? she has nice abs though and is a good christian, just don’t let her put you off jesus. shame about the clubfoot.
good to see there’s a thriving arts community in the western suburbs.
Edited: April 1st, 2010
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